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Decision documentation
the practice of recording the full reasoning context around a decision including alternatives considered, information available, optimization criteria, and conditions for revisiting before the outcome overwrites the reasoning
Why This Is a Definition
This definition precisely establishes what decision documentation is by naming its essential components and temporal requirements. It distinguishes it from mere recording of outcomes by specifying the 'why' and 'how' of decision-making that is systematically lost to hindsight bias, making it a precise boundary around the term's meaning in this curriculum context.