Please Ramble

Prepare a decision

Let people put their context on the table before the decision meeting.

A decision meeting is coming. Everyone has partial context, and the loudest person should not be the only person whose concerns make it into the room. Send a few fixed voice questions; receive the transcript under each one.

Questions to begin with.

  1. 01What is the decision as you understand it?
  2. 02What context should the group have before deciding?
  3. 03What would this change make easier?
  4. 04What concern do you want considered seriously?
  5. 05What would make this decision hard to reverse later?
Example transcriptIllustrative only

Question

What concern do you want considered seriously?

The timeline is possible if we narrow the first release. If we treat every request as part of the same decision, we will delay the part that actually needs an answer now.

Use it for

Read the responses before the meeting, bring the open questions forward, and keep the transcript with the decision record.

Not for

This gathers input before a decision. It does not create agreement, determine who decides, or replace the meeting where tradeoffs are made.

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