[Notion] CIA Structured Decision System

Make Smarter Life Choices with a Structured CIA Decision System

A Notion-based framework that brings the CIA’s ACH structured analysis method into your everyday life — helping you think like an analyst and make clearer decisions across work, school, relationships, and personal goals.

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▶️ Quick Start Guide

✅ This product is for you if…

• You want a clear, structured way to make important decisions.
• You prefer evidence-based reasoning rather than intuition alone.
• You need a repeatable framework you can use for work, life, and personal choices.
• You want a clean, well-designed workspace that reduces noise and guides your thinking.
• You value professional tools grounded in real intelligence-analysis methods.

✅ Why You’ll Love This Template

• This system helps you stop relying on emotion, overthinking, or guesswork
  and start making confident, evidence-based decisions using a structured method inspired by real intelligence analysis.
• Whether you're evaluating a job change, choosing between opportunities, planning your studies, managing personal goals, or dealing with everyday uncertainty, this template guides your thinking step-by-step.

✅ Perfect For

• Career and job decisions
• School or academic planning
• Relationship and personal life choices
• Business, project, or strategic decisions
• Anyone who wants to think more clearly and decide more confidently

📊 This template brings the full ACH structured analysis process into Notion in a way that is easy to follow.

Although ACH may look like a complex analytical method, the template guides you step by step so that, as you enter your information, the reasoning naturally comes together and leads you toward a well-supported conclusion.

Below is a brief explanation of how the template supports each of the five ACH stages.

[1. ACH Sessions] - Defining the Problem

• Write the key question you’re trying to answer in a single sentence.
• Clarify the purpose of your analysis and set the direction.
• This page serves as the starting point for the entire process.

[2. Hypotheses Session] - Collecting Relevant Evidence

• Record information that supports or contradicts each hypothesis.
• Simply choose Supports / Neutral / Contradicts as the logical relation.
• All entries are automatically sorted and reflected in the hypothesis comparison.

[3. ACH Evidence] - Collecting Relevant Evidence

• Record information that supports or contradicts each hypothesis.
• Simply choose Supports / Neutral / Contradicts as the logical relation.
• All entries are automatically sorted and reflected in the hypothesis comparison.

Automated Calculation Engine - Comparing and Evaluating

• Each hypothesis receives an ACH Score based on the evidence you entered.
• A Confidence(%) value is generated, showing which hypothesis stands out as more convincing.
• The template does not replace your judgment.
• Instead, it organizes the reasoning clearly so that your assessment is easier and more defensible.

[4. Intelligence Reports] - Forming the Final Assessment

• All previous steps are compiled into a single report.
• With the Confidence values and structured comparison, you can quickly see which hypothesis is more consistent.
• Add your own interpretation and final judgment to complete the report.

In summary, this template leads you through a clear analytical flow:

• Define the problem
• Establish possible hypotheses
• Gather evidence
• Compare and refine your reasoning
• Arrive at a well-supported conclusion

While ACH may seem intricate at first sight, the template connects each stage seamlessly, allowing even first-time users to follow a structured decision making process without difficulty.

🕵️‍♀️What Is the CIA ACH Structured Analysis Method?

The CIA’s structured analytical method is an approach developed in the intelligence community to evaluate complex problems based on evidence and logic—not emotions or guesswork.
Instead of relying on intuition, this method follows a clear, objective process:

Problem Definition → Hypothesis Generation → Evidence Collection → Comparative Analysis → Final Conclusion

This template brings the entire workflow into Notion and automates it,
allowing anyone to compare options, evaluate evidence, and reach a clear, well-supported conclusion—just like a professional analyst.

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This is a partial view of the Quick Start Guide.
It provides a clear overview of the ACH method and allows anyone even without prior knowledge to follow the steps and learn how to set the problem, run the analysis, and organize the final results with ease.
For users who want a deeper understanding, the guide also includes more detailed, analyst-level explanations.

This is a partial view of the session detail page. Here, you can see the automation buttons, the report generation feature, and the built-in filter that identifies the most likely hypothesis.

This is a partial section of the session detail page.

This is a partial view of the hypothesis entry page.

The scores shown here are automatically calculated based on the evidence linked to each hypothesis.

This is a graph that visualizes the collected evidence by source type.

This is a partial view of the report creation page.

Thank you for taking the time to explore this template.
If you want to think more clearly, decide more confidently, and bring CIA-style structured reasoning into your everyday life, this system was made for you.

Start your first session, follow the steps, and watch how your decisions transform.

Your next clear decision begins here.