The purpose of this product is to help people to have more structured conversations, to be able to better articulate which decision makers they are targeting, and to inquire with said people to design better products. We know that this product will not fit everyone's' model of how decision makers or decision making is structured. But we hope that it will start a more informed discussion. You may also want to look at this taxonomy in the following ways: 1 ) to better understand the coordination challenge faced in an emergency, 2) to consider each node as an information source during emergencies, and 3) to analyze how each segment may vary in size depending on a given emergency.
