- Date
- Not set
- Decided by
- Not set
- Reason
- Urgent work piles up on Monday mornings
- Impact
- Team
- Status
- Not set
- Notes
- This is an example line. Delete it and write your own.
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Decision log
When a team records its decisions, the reasons behind them and the alternatives it considered in one place, so you can find out later why
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Decision log
- Assignee
- Not set
- Period start
- Not set
- Number of decisions
- Not set
Delete the example line in the decision records, then write one recent decision along with its reason.
Decision records
One line per decision. Include the reason and the alternatives you considered. Delete the example line before you use it.
Decision records
| Decisions | Date | Decided by | Reason | Impact | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Example) Moved the weekly meeting to Tuesday | Not set | Not set | Urgent work piles up on Monday mornings | Team | Not set | This is an example line. Delete it and write your own. |
Logging rules
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Write the decision and its reason on the same line.
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Also note the alternatives you considered and dropped.
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For decisions you can reverse, set a date to look at them again.
Decisions to revisit
| Decisions | Look again onDate | AssigneeAssignee | CheckCheckbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Example) Change the weekly meeting day | Empty | Empty | Unchecked |
- Decisions
- (Example) Change the weekly meeting day
- Look again on
- Empty
- Assignee
- Empty
- Check
- Unchecked
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Wrote a reason for each decision.
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Marked what each decision affects.
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Set a date to look again.