Decision

The Decision screen is the project's decision log: it keeps track of what was decided, by whom and when. It's an essential governance and traceability tool to avoid re-litigation and to document trade-offs. You reach it from the Decision menu in the project sidebar.

Decision or Information

Each entry is typed:

• Decision — a binding choice for the project
• Information — a formally recorded information item

Fields of a decision

Field	Description
Name	Title of the decision
Decision maker	The person who made the decision
Owner	The person responsible for follow-up / implementation
Status	Progress state of the decision
Date	Date of the decision
Description	Context and detailed content

See also

• Risk & Issue — the risks that often drive a decision
• Change — changes enacted by a decision
• The project Weather report — progress reporting

Good habit

Record each committee decision immediately, with the decision maker and the date: it's the best protection against "we never said that" months later.