# Decision memo · [Decision] · [Date] **Author:** [PM] **Decision maker:** [Name or forum] **Type:** one-way door / two-way door **Review date:** [ ] ## Recommendation [Two or three sentences: what we should do, and the single strongest reason.] ## Frame - The problem we are solving: [ ] - In scope: [ ] Out of scope: [ ] - What happens if we do nothing: [ ] ## Options considered | Option | What it means | Main upside | Main risk | |---|---|---|---| | 1. | | | | | 2. | | | | | 3. Do nothing / keep current approach | | | | ## Evidence - What we know (with question briefs linked): [ ] - How confident we are and why: [ ] - What we don't know, and why we're deciding anyway: [ ] ## Values and trade-offs [The criteria we weighed and which mattered most.] ## Reasoning [Why this option beats the others, in prose.] ## Pre-mortem and bias check - It's a year from now and this failed. The most likely reasons: [ ] - Have we fallen in love with this option? Were dissenting views and credible alternatives explored? Where did the key numbers come from? Is the worst case bad enough? [answers] ## Reversibility and kill criteria - How we could reverse or limit it: [toggle, staged rollout, contract terms] - Kill or pause criteria, set now: [ ] ## Commitment - Owner and resources: [ ] - Who disagreed and committed, and on what: [ ] ## Post-decision review (complete on the review date) - What happened: [ ] - Was the process sound given what we knew then? [ ] - What did we learn about the world? [ ] - Changes to our question bank or metric cards: [ ]