# [Title that states the recommendation, e.g. "Hold the autonomous tier one quarter"] **Decision needed from:** [Name] **By:** [Date and why that date] **Author:** [PM] **Decision type:** One-way / Two-way door ## The ask [One or two sentences the decider could approve by replying "yes."] ## Why now [Situation: what the reader already accepts.] [Complication: what changed, with a number.] [Question: what this raises.] [Answer: the ask, restated.] ## Recommendation and reasons 1. **[Reason 1]**: [strongest evidence, with source] 2. **[Reason 2]**: [strongest evidence, with source] 3. **[Reason 3]**: [strongest evidence, with source] ## Options considered | Option | What it costs | Why not | |---|---|---| | Do nothing | | | | [Option B] | | | | **Recommended** | | | ## Risks and what would change my mind - Risk: [risk] · Mitigation: [mitigation] - I would change my recommendation if [specific, observable condition]. ## Cost and next steps | Step | Owner | Date | |---|---|---| | | | | --- *How this was made: [e.g. "Drafted with an AI assistant from (sources); every number checked against source systems by (name)."]*