Use a Decision Log to Speed Up Execution

Execution slows when teams revisit settled choices because prior rationale is scattered across chat threads and meetings.

Ask whether major decisions have a recorded owner, decision date, rationale, and explicit downstream impact on scope or timeline.

Use a three-step decision log: define a lightweight template, record decisions within 24 hours, and review unresolved items weekly.

A common failure mode is turning the log into meeting notes; mitigate by limiting entries to decisions that change delivery behavior.

Keep decision reopen rate under 10% per quarter, and nominate one owner to backfill the last month of critical decisions this week.