A technique used to list the pros, cons, and outcomes for a solution is PMI.

A technique used to list the pros, cons, and outcomes for a solution is PMI.

• A. Brainstorming
• B. SWOT Analysis
• C. Organization Chart
• D. PmI (Pluses, Minuses, Implications)

Answer: (D)

This item tests a decision technique that lists the positives, negatives, and likely outcomes of a solution. PMI (Plus, Minus, Implications) helps you separate what supports the choice, what challenges it, and what the consequences might be. By organizing thoughts into pluses, minuses, and implications, you can clearly weigh benefits against drawbacks and foresee risks, costs, or downstream effects before deciding. This approach is especially useful in group decisions because it makes trade-offs explicit and protects against one-sided judgments. To apply it, you note the advantages (pluses), the drawbacks (minuses), and the potential outcomes or actions that follow (implications), then compare their importance to guide the decision. Other common methods don’t fit this purpose as precisely: brainstorming focuses on generating ideas without weighing them; SWOT analysis examines broader internal/external factors for strategy rather than evaluating a single solution’s pros and cons; an organization chart shows structure and reporting lines rather than evaluating a solution’s merits.

This item tests a decision technique that lists the positives, negatives, and likely outcomes of a solution. PMI (Plus, Minus, Implications) helps you separate what supports the choice, what challenges it, and what the consequences might be. By organizing thoughts into pluses, minuses, and implications, you can clearly weigh benefits against drawbacks and foresee risks, costs, or downstream effects before deciding.

This approach is especially useful in group decisions because it makes trade-offs explicit and protects against one-sided judgments. To apply it, you note the advantages (pluses), the drawbacks (minuses), and the potential outcomes or actions that follow (implications), then compare their importance to guide the decision.

Other common methods don’t fit this purpose as precisely: brainstorming focuses on generating ideas without weighing them; SWOT analysis examines broader internal/external factors for strategy rather than evaluating a single solution’s pros and cons; an organization chart shows structure and reporting lines rather than evaluating a solution’s merits.