Sibyl: A Tool for Managing Group Decision Rationale (Classic Reprint)

A clear, structured approach to designing and documenting decision reasoning.

In this nonfiction work, learn how SIBYL helps groups manage complex decision processes. The book explains how goals, dependencies, and viewpoints can be represented to support transparent, collaborative decision making. It compares SIBYL to other design rationale tools and shows how structured reasoning can improve consistency and reuse of past decisions.

Readers will see how the DRL language and related services organize arguments, manage uncertainty, and connect decisions to broader goals. The text also discusses practical considerations for implementing such systems, including how to handle multiple viewpoints and how to index and retrieve relevant past decisions.

• How goals are explicitly represented and used to steer decisions


• How dependencies and plausibilities are managed across a knowledge base


• How viewpoints capture different perspectives on a decision problem


• How precedent management links past decisions to current work

Ideal for readers of decision analysis, knowledge-based systems, or collaborative design, who want a concrete framework for capturing and reusing design rationale.

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