Solukostacentered

Solukostacentered is a neologism used to describe a framework for analysis and decision making that places the assessment of costs at its center. The approach seeks to minimize total costs—economic, environmental, social, and ethical—while maintaining core functionality and system integrity.

Core principles include comprehensive cost accounting that includes externalities, stakeholder-inclusive evaluation, transparency in trade-offs, and iterative testing. The framework draws on systems thinking, life-cycle assessment, and user-centered design to map how actions ripple through time and across actors.

In practice, solukostacentered guides planning and product development by comparing alternatives along a total-cost curve and by using decision analysts to weigh different outcomes under uncertainty. It emphasizes resilience and adaptability over short-term gain, and it often employs scenario modeling and multi-criteria analysis to balance competing objectives.

Critics caution that some costs are hard to quantify or subjective to assign, which can complicate consensus. Others worry that focusing on costs may neglect values such as equity or cultural significance. Supporters argue the approach improves accountability and long-term sustainability, especially in policy and design contexts.

The concept is used primarily in academic and practitioner literature as an emerging framework for responsible decision making. See also systems thinking, cost-benefit analysis, life-cycle assessment, and user-centered design.