Personal
Decision tree template
Lay out alternatives, criteria and likely outcomes. Probabilities are left unset unless you add them.
- Best for
- Anyone facing a choice
- Goal
- Compare options against criteria and outcomes
- Layout
- Org chart (top-down)
- Topics
- 14
How to use it
- Agree the criteria before scoring options.
- Include “keep things as they are”.
- Record the decision and why in the final branch.
- Press Tab to add detail under any topic and Enter for another at the same level.
What’s inside
The full structure as text — the same content you get in the editor.
- Decision to make
- Option A
- Pros
- Cons
- Likely outcome
- Option B
- Pros
- Cons
- Likely outcome
- Option C: keep as is
- Pros
- Cons
- Criteria
- Decision & reason
- Option A
Last reviewed 2026-10-30. Placeholders are deliberately generic — replace them with your own facts and sources.