Decision Log Entry

Write a decision log entry I can paste next to the work. Future me should see what we chose and what would change our mind. DECISION Title: [SHORT] Date and decider: [DATE, NAME] Context: [WHAT FORCED THE CHOICE] Options we actually considered: [LIST WITH THE REAL DOWNSIDE OF EACH] What we chose: [CHOICE] What we are explicitly not doing: [LIST] Review date or trigger to reopen: [DATE OR EVENT] ENTRY One page. Lead with the choice. Then the context in one paragraph. Then the options as a table: option, why it lost or won, the cost. Then consequences: what becomes easier, what becomes harder. Then the reopen trigger, so this is not a stone tablet. Write it so someone who disagreed can recognize their argument in the losing column, stated fairly. Do not invent an option we did not discuss. If the notes are thin, ask for the missing downside before polishing.