Systems and methods for generating configuration metrics in a storage network

A computerized method for facilitating decision making, the method comprising:

• presenting, in a user interface, a decision tree representing series of information requests to be presented to a user as part of a decision making session;
• presenting the information requests to the user in a sequence provided by the decision tree;
• receiving information from the user in response to at least some of the presented information requests;
• allowing the user to select a first information request in the decision tree that has already been presented in the decision making session;
• receiving from the user first information in response to the selected first information request;
• determining whether the first information received from the user results in a change to the decision tree;
• and
• modifying the decision tree based on the first information.

A system for facilitating decision making, the system comprising:

• a user interface component configured to present to a user a series of questions within a decision making session, wherein at least some of the questions are configured as a decision tree:
• a user input component configured to recieve from the user answers to at least some of the questions, wherein the user selects, through the user input component, a first question for which an answer has already been recieve;
• a processing component communicatively coupled among the user interface component and the user input component, wherein the processing component is configured to determine whether one or more second questions are to be presented before the selected first question is presented, and whether one or more third questions are to be presented after the selected first question is presented;
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• wherein the user interface and user input components are further configured to present to the user, and recieve answers from the user to, the first, second, and third questions.

A system for facilitating decision making, the system comprising:

• means for presenting, in a user interface, a decision tree representing series of information requests to be presented to a user as part of a decision making session, wherein the information requests are presented to the user in a sequence provided by the decision tree;
• means for receiving information from the user in response to at least some of the presented information requests;
• means for allowing the user to select a first information request in the decision tree that has already been presented in the decision making session;
• means for receiving from the user first information in response to the selected first information request;
• means for determining whether the first information received from the user results in a change to the decision tree;
• and
• means for modifying the decision tree based on the first information.