Keep the reason beside the decision.
Create a project decision log that preserves context, alternatives and source links, so your team can find why a choice was made.
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The decision is in a message somewhere. The reason is in somebody’s memory. Bring them together before the next person has to reconstruct the project.
Record the question, not just the answer
A searchable decision log records what was decided, why, by whom and where the evidence lives. Give each decision its own short record, then link it to the project. “Use option B” is difficult to understand later; “Use a hosted booking form for the pilot because custom scheduling cannot be reviewed before launch” preserves the trade-off.
Start with one recent choice. Write the question the team faced, the selected option and the reason it was accepted. Add the source message or meeting note. If you cannot find evidence that it was agreed, label it proposed rather than decided.
The goal is a reliable answer to a future colleague’s question, not a complete archive of every conversation.
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