Decision Log

Preamble

Decision Log makes the audit reviewable: what I chose, why, what I rejected, what I expected, who the log is for, and when I have to check the outcome.

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A Log Has An Audience

A log for my future self preserves uncertainty. A log for a collaborator explains the rationale. A log for public accountability may become performance. The audit has to know which log it is writing before it decides what clarity means.

The Record Has To Catch Me Later

The log records the decision, chosen option, rejected options, rationale, key assumptions, risks, confidence, expected outcome, review date, and eventual result. That record keeps later hindsight from rewriting the story and calling it learning.

Outcome Review Is The Point

The log earns its place when it lets a later version of me see where the reasoning failed, where the evidence was thin, where conviction was justified, and where the audit only made avoidance look responsible.