Consensus Engine
Axiom is built to bring clarity and structure to complex decision-making. Core to this philosophy is providing teams with rigorous but flexible models for resolving differences in opinion and prioritizing variables. This is handled by the Consensus Engine and the Weighting System.
The Consensus Engine
The Consensus Engine determines how a team resolves differing viewpoints and scores placed on evaluating an Option. Axiom supports two distinct consensus methodologies, allowing a project's workflow to adapt to the desired level of collaboration.
1. Standard (Averaging) Method
The Standard method functions as a straightforward aggregation engine. It is designed for speed, delegation, and simplicity.
- When multiple team members have access to evaluate an option, their inputs are recorded as individual evaluations.
- The Consensus Engine then automatically calculates a simple mathematical average of all submitted scores across the team.
- This effectively "crowdsources" the evaluation, allowing team members to independently input their perspectives and the system will output a balanced mathematical reality without requiring forced alignment.
- Users with the correct permissions can easily edit or propose scores without friction.
2. Agreement Method
The Agreement method relies on the Delphi method of consensus-building. It is designed for high-stakes decisions requiring full team alignment.
- Instead of automatically replacing differing opinions, any change to an option's score is submitted as a suggestion.
- These suggestions can be debated, reviewed, and explicitly approved before the option's official evaluated score is updated.
- This forces teams to confront divergent opinions immediately, explain their logic, and reach a unified conclusion on how an option satisfies a criterion.