
Team Practices
Decision Log Template: Record the Why, Not Just the What
A useful decision log records the decision, date, owner, context, rationale, alternatives considered, consequences, supporting links, and any review trigger.
Teams rarely lack messages; they lack durable conclusions. A small record can prevent the same discussion from returning in a fake mustache. The practices here scale down gracefully and leave security, legal, and governance requirements with the people responsible for them.

A useful decision log records the decision, date, owner, context, rationale, alternatives considered, consequences, supporting links, and any review trigger.