etition with another school. tran has a club meeting at 3:30 tomorrow but his friends want him to go to a movie with them. he decides to use the decision-making process to help him decide what to do.step 1: state the situationthe first step in the decision-making process is to identify the situation as you understand it. when you understand the situation and your choices you can make a sound decision. ask yourself these questions to help you identify the situation: what choice do you need to make? what are the facts? who else is involved?tran wrote down answers to these questions. he decided that he must make a choice between going to chess club and going to a movie. the facts are that the chess club depends on him to participate and he needs to practice for the upcoming competition. he also likes to be with his friends. he realizes that his choices involve himself, the members of the chess club, and his friends.step 2: list the options