Permitted tradeoffs or partial ordering

Say out loud which dimensions may be traded against each other and at what rate, and where you simply refuse to rank. Some pairs stay incomparable, and admitting that beats fusing everything into one score nobody agreed to.

Say out loud which dimensions may be traded against each other and at what rate, and where you simply refuse to rank. Some pairs stay incomparable, and admitting that beats fusing everything into one score nobody agreed to.

Example

You write: every five minutes of extra commute buys at least 150 more square feet or $400 less monthly cost. But school district against workshop space gets no exchange rate, so a house strong in one and weak in the other goes to the family vote rather than a points total.