The decision-making process is over almost as quickly as the situation is framed.

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"The state is making a short-term decision to get traffic moving quickly, " said Charles Roeder, a professor of civil engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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At three of his biggest customers, he says, these kind of decision-making mobile BI packages have been created, and quickly ended up used by top managers and board members.

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When looking at the answers, the team quickly realized that the previous companies had very different decision-making cultures (one was a slow process of building consensus, and the other used open, time-bound debate with final decisions made by the CEO).

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The connection patterns reveal valuable information quickly, accurately and allow for faster, more relevant decision-making.

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It is vitally important that players read what's in front of them in these situations because making the correct decision is critical to controlling the next phase of play and how quickly the ball is recycled after contact.

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UMNO's top decision-making body, the Supreme Council, that it needed to tackle the leadership issue quickly.

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If the question is, are we, each time there is an idea, evaluating it and making a decision, is this the best option that we have right now, based on how quickly we can stop this leak and how much damage can we mitigate -- then the answer is yes.

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