Decision Making Software

DPL offers Intuitive Decision Tree-based Analytics for Better Decisions

DPL is a Class-leading, Graphical Decision Tree Software Tool for Performing Robust Decision & Risk Analyses

DPL offers an easy-to-use decision tree modeling environment that provides analysts with a comprehensive set of robust decision framing and analysis tools. These combined with reliable Excel spreadsheet linking support can help provide you with the insights necessary to make the best, most informed strategic decisions for your organization. It is a complete decision analysis solution that supports the entire process from decision framing through to confident action.

Decision Problem Framing

A DPL model is a unique combination of a Decision Tree and an Influence Diagram, allowing you the ability to build scalable, intuitive decision analytic models that precisely reflect your real-world problem.

Decision Trees are a powerful tool – but can be unwieldy, complex, and difficult to display. When complemented with an Influence Diagram, you’ve got a powerful combination for aptly visualizing and analyzing virtually any decision problem.

Decision Trees

Articulates the formal structure and chronology of how the decision and uncertainties will unfold over time

DPL 9 Professional - Drug Development Decision Tree

Influence Diagrams

depicts the main factors, represented by nodes, and the relationships between those factors most relevant to the decision

DPL 9 Professional - Drug Development Influence Diagram

Excel Spreadsheet Linking

DPL is a standalone application that also integrates closely with Excel, providing the best of both words: a full featured graphical modeling interface paired with a familiar Excel environment that can efficiently deal with data and financial calculations.

You can build your decision tree model first and then set up Excel links or quickly build a DPL model from an established cash flow spreadsheet in just a few clicks. You can also create a local DPL model by keeping all the calculations wholly within DPL. It’s up to you!

DPL 9 Professional - Linked Excel Cash Flow Spreadsheet

Another powerful feature that is unique to DPL is its ability to convert Excel spreadsheets to its native expression language. This dramatically improves analytic performance – typically by a factor of 10 to 100. You can develop your value/financial model in Excel and convert it within DPL to quickly run the analyses required to reach a decision.

Sensitivity Analyses

As mentioned above, one can easily build a DPL model from an Excel cash flow spreadsheet. Starting with this basic model you can conduct sensitivity analyses to determine which variables have the biggest impact on value and decisions. As you build out the model – you’ll likely want to treat the variables with the most impact probabilistically by changing them into chance nodes.

Through several types of tornado diagrams, DPL can help you build insight and prioritize your focus on what matters most for any type of model. For a more detailed sensitivity analysis DPL also offers one and two-way Rainbow Diagrams.

DPL 9 Professional - Tornado Diagram

DPL Tornado Diagram

DPL 9 Professional - Two-way Rainbow Diagram

DPL Rainbow Diagram

DPL Results & Outputs

Syncopation understands that a decision tree and ensuing analysis will only lead to action if the results can be understood and explained to the project team and stakeholders – which is why DPL offers a broad range of attractive and presentation-ready results that will provide you (and laymen) with maximum insight into the model results. These include:

  • Policy Tree: an unfiltered output tree that identifies the winning strategy and provides a complete picture of all the possible scenarios of the model
  • Risk Profiles: also known as a cumulative probability distribution, the Risk Profile output visually describes the range and likelihood of outcomes in your decision model
  • Value of Information/Control: Understand how much you should invest in further research, how much value there is in delaying a decision or the value of putting control systems in place
  • Endpoint Database: Record and save endpoint values in order to conduct “what if” sensitivity analyses without having to re-run the full model.
DPL 9 Professional - Policy Tree

DPL Policy Tree

DPL 9 Professional - Risk Profile - Initial Decision Alternatives

DPL Risk Profile

Who uses DPL?

DPL isn’t designed for a single industry vertical or decision-problem. For over 25 years DPL has been helping industry leading organizations make profitable decisions within a wide variety of industries, including Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, Electric and Utilities, Consumer Products, Mining & Energy, and the Aerospace and Defense sectors. See how DPL is leveraged to make good decisions and solve real world problems.

DPL 9 Professional - Valued Customers

Valued DPL Customers



DPL: Intuitive Software for Making Better Decisions

DPL is a Class-leading, Graphical Decision Tree Software Tool for Performing Robust Decision & Risk Analyses