THE CHAIR — DECISION JOURNAL

BEFORE YOU DECIDE
Date and decision deadline:
Decision to make, in one sentence:
Who owns the decision:
What a useful result would look like, and by when:
Facts available now, with their sources and dates:
Assumptions I am relying on:
Realistic alternatives, including waiting:
My choice and the strongest reason against it:
What I expect to happen, with a time window:
The downside I accept and the limit I will protect:
What undoing this choice would cost, and to whom:
First action and owner:
Evidence that would make me reconsider:
Review date:

WHEN YOU REVIEW
What actually happened, and what is still unknown:
What new information arrived after the decision:
Which assumption held up, and which did not:
Was the original choice reasonable given what was known then:
What I would change about the process next time:

An original practical worksheet from The Chair.
https://thechair.academy/blog/decision-journal-template