Appendix Five: Decision Process. 1. Task defined. 2. Program the needs and objectives. 3. Information gathering (prior experience, knowledge, factual evidence) from existing sources. 4. Gathering in response to new or unique information needs. 5. Case studies and models appropriate to context. 6. Synthesis (identify context relevant information). 7. Identify choices. 8. Ranking of choices (preferred, recommended, not recommended). 9. Select choice (make decision; annotate the decision process with regard to the rationale for selection and rejection of choices). 10. Implement choice. 11. Monitor effects of the implementation process. 12. Evaluate: critique the decision and implementation processes. 13. Annotate: append critical commentary to the decision path in the information base. Index to the Appendices