Dataset entry

Decision Support Factory: Making Reliable Estimates for Business Choices

ams ams_byte ams-047
The fastest way to become a trusted AMS provider is to stop answering with opinions — and start delivering decision packs that survive scrutiny.

Attribution

Creator: Dzmitryi Kharlanau (SAP Lead).

Canonical: https://dkharlanau.github.io/datasets/ams/ams-047.json

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  "id": "ams-047",
  "title": "Decision Support Factory: Making Reliable Estimates for Business Choices",
  "hook": "The fastest way to become a trusted AMS provider is to stop answering with opinions — and start delivering decision packs that survive scrutiny.",
  "idea": "Modern SAP AMS runs a small ‘decision support factory’: consistent templates, comparable options, transparent assumptions, and post-decision learning. This turns AMS into a reliable advisor across stakeholders and vendors.",
  "what_business_needs_from_ams": [
    "Options, not surprises",
    "Cost, risk, and time-to-value in the same language every time",
    "Clear recommendation and when-not-to-do-it",
    "A way to compare requests across domains fairly"
  ],
  "decision_pack_types": {
    "quick_pack": {
      "when": "Small scope or urgent decision",
      "output_time": "same day",
      "contains": [
        "Problem statement",
        "2–3 options including do-nothing",
        "Impact/risk estimate bands",
        "Recommendation + caveat"
      ]
    },
    "standard_pack": {
      "when": "Meaningful change or cross-team impact",
      "output_time": "within 3–10 working days",
      "contains": [
        "Option comparison",
        "Operational impact on AMS",
        "Verification plan",
        "Dependencies and ownership"
      ]
    },
    "investment_pack": {
      "when": "Automation, redesign, or prevention initiative",
      "output_time": "2–6 weeks",
      "contains": [
        "ROI model (cost avoided)",
        "Phased delivery plan",
        "Lock-in delta",
        "Risk controls + rollback"
      ]
    }
  },
  "estimation_language": {
    "bands_not_false_precision": [
      "Impact: low/medium/high + what that means",
      "Risk: low/medium/high + failure modes",
      "Effort: XS/S/M/L/XL + why",
      "Coordination: solo/few/many + boundaries crossed"
    ],
    "rule": "If uncertainty is high, widen the band and list the missing facts."
  },
  "option_comparison_fields": [
    "Outcome (what improves)",
    "Who benefits and who is affected",
    "Time-to-value",
    "One-off cost (delivery)",
    "Run cost delta (support burden up/down)",
    "Risk and reversibility",
    "Dependencies (vendors, systems, data)",
    "Verification and success signals",
    "Lock-in delta (more SAP-core vs more open edge)"
  ],
  "prioritization_for_decisions": {
    "scoring_inputs": [
      "Business flow criticality (SLO impact)",
      "Cost of delay",
      "Repeat load reduction potential",
      "Change-induced risk",
      "Strategic fit (upgrade safety, lock-in reduction)"
    ],
    "decision_rule": "If it reduces top demand drivers, it gets priority unless risk is extreme."
  },
  "how_to_stay_reliable_everywhere": {
    "behavioral_rules": [
      "Always include ‘do nothing’ as a baseline option",
      "Always declare assumptions explicitly",
      "Always propose verification signals up front",
      "Never promise what you cannot measure",
      "Track outcomes and admit misses early"
    ],
    "stakeholder_translation": [
      "CFO: cost-to-serve, cost avoided, predictability",
      "CIO: stability, governance, vendor alignment",
      "Business: flow availability, workarounds, timelines",
      "Vendors: boundaries, evidence, clear asks"
    ]
  },
  "multi_vendor_decision_integrity": {
    "rules": [
      "All options must declare which vendor surface is touched",
      "Dependency time separated from execution time",
      "No vendor narratives; only evidence-backed constraints",
      "Arbitration uses shared SLOs and contracts"
    ]
  },
  "post_decision_learning": {
    "why": "Trust compounds when decisions improve over time.",
    "loop": [
      "Record decision pack and chosen option",
      "Measure actual outcome vs expected",
      "Update estimation heuristics and KB atoms",
      "Publish a short ‘what we learned’ note"
    ]
  },
  "automation": {
    "copilot_moves": [
      "Draft decision packs from intake + historical data.",
      "Suggest comparable past decisions and outcomes.",
      "Estimate run cost delta from incident families impacted.",
      "Generate stakeholder-specific summaries (business/CIO/CFO)."
    ],
    "outputs": [
      "Decision pack draft + option table",
      "Assumption checklist",
      "Outcome tracking entry"
    ]
  },
  "metrics_that_show_trustworthiness": [
    "Decision packs delivered per month",
    "Outcome accuracy (expected vs actual bands)",
    "Post-decision regret rate",
    "Stakeholder re-use of templates (standardization)",
    "Reduction in ad-hoc ‘quick asks’ (because the process is trusted)"
  ],
  "design_question": [
    "If a CFO challenged our recommendation tomorrow, could we defend it with assumptions, evidence, and measured outcomes?"
  ],
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    "generated_at_utc": "2026-02-03T14:33:32+00:00",
    "creator": {
      "name": "Dzmitryi Kharlanau",
      "role": "SAP Lead",
      "website": "https://dkharlanau.github.io",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dkharlanau"
    },
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    "created_at_utc": "2026-02-03T14:33:32+00:00",
    "updated_at_utc": "2026-02-03T15:29:02+00:00",
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    "summary": "The fastest way to become a trusted AMS provider is to stop answering with opinions — and start delivering decision packs that survive scrutiny."
  }
}