An Evidence-Based Decision-Making Process

An evidence-based decision making process may have very well resulted in a different outcome of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy that we know today. An evidence-based decision making process would have allowed the situation to be accessed by all parties. It also would have allowed them to come together before the decision was made. However, this is not what occurred in BP and Transocean’s decision. Despite there was data available, they did not understand the data and ultimately made the decision based on their assumptions.

Further, by using the model of evidence-based decision making (EBDM) the companies would have had an avenue to bring the two firms together and make a thorough decision. Instead of making a decision based on controversial