Document Decisions with the Decision Documentation Template

About this template

The Decision Documentation Notion template is a comprehensive tool for facilitating team decisions.

• Status & Impact: Indicates the current stage of the decision-making process and its potential impact.

• Team Roles: Identifies the driver, approver, contributors, and those who should be informed.

• Relevant Info & Background: Houses data and context that could influence the decision.

• Options Explored: Compares different courses of action, listing their pros, cons, and estimated costs.

• Task Items: Lists any tasks that need to be completed for resolving issues or concerns.

• Outcome: Summarizes the final decision made.

This template ensures that all aspects of a decision are considered, making the process transparent and collaborative.

Key features

• Decision status, impact and ownership
• Driver, approver and stakeholder roles
• Options with pros, cons and estimated cost
• Assignable follow-up tasks
• Final outcome record

What's included

• Status, impact, ownership and due-date fields
• Decision background and supporting resources
• Options comparison with pros, cons and estimated cost
• Assignable follow-up tasks
• Final outcome record

Use cases

• Decision tracking
• stakeholder alignment
• design documentation

Who it’s for

• Strategy leads
• Decision-makers
• Product managers
• Analysts