# Decision memo: [specific choice]

- Memo ID / version:
- Status: Proposed / Accepted / Rejected / Superseded
- Author and accountable owner:
- Decision-maker:
- Decision required by:
- Decision date:
- Review date:

## Recommendation
Approve [action] for [scope and duration], with [cash ceiling and internal effort].
The strongest reason is [evidence]. The largest unresolved risk is [risk].

## Why a decision is needed
- Current problem and baseline period:
- Consequence of waiting:
- Who is affected:
- What is outside this decision:

## Required conditions
| Condition | How verified | Result |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | | Pass / Fail / Unknown |

## Decision criteria
| Criterion | Precise metric and population | Baseline / source | Target or limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | |

## Alternatives
| Option | Mechanism | Additional cash | Internal effort | Recurring commitment / exit work | Main uncertainty |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Continue current approach | | | | | |
| Recommended option | | | | | |
| Strongest alternative | | | | | |

## Evidence and assumptions
| Input | Value or statement | Observed / estimated / unknown | Source and date | What changes if wrong? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | | | |

## Why this option
- Criteria that distinguish the options:
- Strongest argument against the recommendation:
- Why that objection does or does not change the choice:
- Most useful missing evidence:

## Execution and review
- First action, owner, and date:
- Baseline measurement rules and exclusions:
- Review metrics and observation period:
- Condition for continuing or expanding:
- Condition for stopping, reversing, or choosing another option:
- Reversal owner and practical exit steps:

## Decision record
- Final decision and approver:
- Conditions attached to approval:
- Follow-up actions and owners:
- Outcome at review:
- Replacement memo, if superseded:

## Supporting material
- Evidence links:
- Calculations:
- Relevant operating procedure: