Critical Systems Labs’ expertise can be traced back more than 20 years to the development of software used by air traffic controllers whose job is a steady stream of high stakes, safety critical decision-making. For much of our history, we have focused on making decisions about the safety of complex systems, products and processes. We have learned how to help our clients put clarity into their decisions, turning uncertainty into confidence.
Socrates DM is a collaboration platform built for structuring complex, high-stakes decisions. Born from the rigor required by the safety and cybersecurity assurance industry, Socrates DM is an enterprise solution designed for professionals in any industry to manage large-scale decision-making with clarity and precision. Complex decisions can be broken down into multiple levels of increasing detail, tracing from a top-level claim to supporting evidence and justification. Using Socrates DM, geographically distributed teams have transparency as they navigate through the details to converge on a common understanding.
Our most recent release of Socrates takes a big leap forward with the introduction of new functionality that uses Artificial Intelligence to improve efficiency and the quality of decisions without compromising trust.
Defense
Insurance
Energy
Automotive
Maritime
Pharmaceutical
Venture Capital
Cybersecurity
Socrates streamlines collaboration, enabling stakeholders to contribute, review, and refine decisions systematically. Clear discussion records ensure transparency, accountability, and alignment every step of the way.
Socrates ensures rational decision-making with structured templates like MECE or custom frameworks. By standardizing the process, it enhances consistency, simplifies trade-off analysis, enables audits, refines decisions over time, and keeps teams aligned with business objectives.
Socrates leverages the Eliminative Argumentation method to identify and address doubts in structured decisions, strengthening risk management and reducing bias.
AI capabilities assist in finding sources of doubt, enhancing analysis completeness and ensuring reliable conclusions with clearly identified residual risks.
Socrates enables users to link the underlying evidence – such as reports and financial models – directly to a decision tree, ensuring that decisions are supported by concrete evidence, creating a repository of documents with direct traceability and justification for every choice.
Integrate Performance Indicators into your model to quantify, validate, and track decision outcomes over time. This structured approach ensures transparency, documentation, and measurability, strengthening long-term strategy and execution.
Socrates enables businesses to demonstrate adherence to regulations and technical standards, making it easier to pass audits, provide evidence of compliance, and ensure that all necessary steps have been followed.
Socrates lets you assign numerical confidence levels to decision tree elements, revealing their impact on outcomes. This helps prioritize areas for further analysis, manage risk, and make informed choices—even with incomplete or uncertain information.
