methodatlas
Playbook

Set Up Decision Governance

Move from decision bottlenecks to roles, rights, escalation paths, and documented decisions.

Outcome

A governance setup with decision types, role model, escalation, and decision log.

At the end you have

Decision Rights MapRAPID MapDACI MapRAID Log

Decision point

You can decide which roles model and escalation path applies to recurring decisions.

Next step

Apply governance to real decision types, maintain decision log, and refine after first cases.

Ideal for

  • Scaling organizations
  • Cross-team decisions
  • unclear accountability

Not good for

  • small autonomous teams without friction
  • pure informal coordination
Preparation

What should be clear before you start

Roles

  • Decision owners
  • team or area leaders
  • roles with frequent input or escalation needs

Inputs

  • recurring decision types
  • known decision bottlenecks or conflicts
  • existing role and governance rules

Setup

  • Define decision scope
  • Gather typical cases
  • Assign maintenance place for decision log or RAID log
Flow

Method path

0 methods
    Completion criteria
    Templates

    Artifacts for this playbook

    Artifacts stay collapsed until you actually need them.

    MarkdownShow template

    Decision Frame

    Template for turning an unclear decision into a question, roles, options, and evidence needs.

    # Decision Frame: Topic

## Decision question

What decision needs to be made now?

## Context

Why is the decision needed, what happens without it?

## Decider and roles

- Decider:
- Input:
- Reviewer:
- Informed:

## Options

1. ...
2. ...
3. ...

## Criteria

- ...

## Constraints

- ...

## Evidence needed

What data, tests, or reviews are still missing?

## Next step

Owner, date, format.
    MarkdownShow template

    RAID Log Working Template

    Compact working template for RAID Log with context, input, output artifacts, and next step.

    # RAID Log Working Template

## Goal

Keeps risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies captured in one place.

## Context

When and for what do we use this method?

## Input

Which data, observations, decisions, or materials are available?

## Execution

Short notes along the runsheet.

## Output artifacts
- RAID Log:
- Status report source:

## Assumptions and open questions

- ...

## Decision / next step

Owner, date, and success signal.