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Analyze problems

Gain traction on tackling any problem.

Ameliorate provides a structure to help you visualize all details and perspectives relevant to a problem, so that it's easier to grasp the problem, understand each other, and ultimately make better decisions.

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Break things down

Check out Getting Started for a more detailed explanation of the core ideas.

Build a diagram

Break down problems and solutions into parts that can be considered individually, or together.

Add nuance

For any individual part of the diagram, add things like how important you think it is and why, or questions that would be good to answer.

climate change and congestion pricing topicsTop-right: climate-change, bottom-left: mta-congestion-pricing

Work Constructively

Grasp your own thoughts

Lay out your ideas with all of their nuance to better think through a problem and make better decisions for yourself.

Solicit feedback

Send out your diagram for others to leave their feedback on - their questions, suggestions, concerns, and opinions.

Guide discussion

Bring your diagram to a meeting to make it easy to keep the discussion focused, knowing precisely where disagreements or uncertainties lie.

Bring others up-to-speed

Present your diagram or let others click around at their own pace to efficiently catch up about the current state of a problem or solution.

Re-visit reasoning

When new information is discovered, update an old diagram and reconsider it anew.

Create decision transparency

Leave behind a scored diagram after a decision is made, as an explanation of why the decision was the way it was.

Organize, navigate, and focus discussion

Check out the docs for more features.

Summarize tradeoffs between solutions

Show how important you think each tradeoff is, and how well each solution fulfills that tradeoff.

Focus on different aspects

Create views to highlight specific parts of the diagram.

Move through complex diagrams

Use flashlight mode to easily explore large diagrams.

Quickly identify where you disagree

Compare scores to efficiently understand where your opinions lie in relation to others.

criteria tables of cars-going-too-fast and ORM topicsTop-left: ORM, bottom-right: cars-going-too-fast

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