Algorithm

Write the information as an explicit step-by-step procedure or bit of code that anyone can re-run and get the same answer. Best when a judgment must repeat identically across cases; useless when the goal itself is fuzzy or the assumptions stay unspoken.

Write the information as an explicit step-by-step procedure or bit of code that anyone can re-run and get the same answer. Best when a judgment must repeat identically across cases; useless when the goal itself is fuzzy or the assumptions stay unspoken.

Example

For the vendor thread, you write a scoring rule: score = (price rank x 3) + (support rank x 2) + contract-flexibility rank; lowest total wins. Now the next three vendors get judged the same way, and a teammate can rerun it without you.