Principles of maintaining a decision log

Decision logs should be in an easy to access shared location, e.g.: Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, Sharepoint Confluence or similar

The main audience of the decision log is the author. By the time it is written the author will have a really good understanding of the subject.

The secondary audience of the decision log is anyone reading it. Be realistic, the longer, more detailed it is, the less likely people will read it.

The simples way to select the winning option is to choose the one with the most positive result. If required a scoring system can be introduced with different weight per criteria.

Structure of a decision log

Owner

Peter, John, Sally

Purpose

Find the best blah to keep our competitive advantage

Comparison

Option 1Option 2Option 3
Criteria 1YesNoN/A
Criteria 2HardEasyModerate
Criteria 3CheapExpensiveCheap

Decision

Option 1 is the best

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