Chapter 6 of the Mooz text provides an algorithm for identifying types of decisions and provides a road-map for matching decision models to the characteristics needed when using each model.

Pick a critical decision from your own life and one of the decision models in chapter 7 or 8 (e.g., Fact-Based in chapter 7) and complete the roadmap suggested for that model. Completing the road map requires that you identify the name of the specific method that should be used, for example, Fact based=>Rank Sums Process. For the characteristics, you need to identify both the type of characteristics (e.g. Criteria ranking sums) and the specifics (e.g. listing the criterion for each alternative and the resulting sums). The decision model that I choose is Fact-Based.