Having visualized the interconnected factors the next step is to weight the connections. There are three ways to weight. The easiest and quickest way is to simply decide whether an impact is weak, medium or strong compared to other influences. (the other options are explained by the iMODELER when you click on the quantitative value of a weighting)

We advise to weight the connections systematically starting with your central factor. You only look at the incoming connections of a factor.

You should put successively every factor into the center of perspective. After you have weighted its influences you may color code the factor ...