Write down what the decision believes

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A decision is made in a meeting, recorded as a sentence, and carried forward for months. The choice survives, but the reasoning fades. Later, a new colleague asks why the team works this way, and the only available answer is that it was decided before they arrived. Record more than the outcome. Note the customer need, constraint, evidence and assumption that made the choice sensible at the time. Add what would cause the team to reconsider it. This does not require a perfect archive or a defence of every past judgment. A few clear lines can keep a temporary condition from quietly becoming a permanent rule. Good decisions are not valuable because they can never change. They are valuable because people can understand, test and improve them as reality moves. Leave enough context for the next person to exercise judgment rather than simply inherit obedience. The record should not make the past harder to question. It should make the future easier to choose with care.

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