Decision journal

Record decisions about contracts, resource allocation and business direction so you can revisit their assumptions and effects.

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Decision and deadline

What needs to be decided, and by when?

Context and observed facts

What do you know, and where did the information come from?

Feasible alternatives

Include the option of keeping things as they are.

Choice and reasons

Why does this option make sense with what you know today?

Hypothesis and confidence

What needs to be true? What still makes you uncertain?

Costs and ability to stop

What gets postponed, who is affected, and how can you stop?

Review date or trigger

When, and under what conditions, will you reconsider the choice?

Outcome and learning

Fill in afterward: what happened, what changed, and what is the next step?

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