Decision Evidence Pack
Create a clear evidence base for a major executive, investment, policy or operating decision.
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Executive brief
A decision evidence pack brings together the context, options, evidence, assumptions, risks and recommendations leaders need before making a complex decision.
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The situation
- A decision is strategically important but the evidence is spread across teams or documents.
- Leaders need to compare options, trade-offs, assumptions and implementation implications.
- Technical analysis needs to be translated into clear executive material.
Key questions
- What decision is actually being made, and what criteria should guide it?
- What does the evidence say about the available options?
- Which assumptions, risks and uncertainties should be visible to decision-makers?
How this helps
- Clarify the decision, options, stakeholders and required evidence.
- Structure analysis around the decision criteria and trade-offs.
- Prepare executive-ready material that connects evidence to recommended action.
Possible outputs
- Decision framework.
- Options and trade-off analysis.
- Evidence and assumptions summary.
- Risk and uncertainty register.
- Executive decision pack.
Engagement blueprint
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Clarify the decision context
- A decision is strategically important but the evidence is spread across teams or documents.
- Leaders need to compare options, trade-offs, assumptions and implementation implications.
- Technical analysis needs to be translated into clear executive material.
2
Frame the questions
- What decision is actually being made, and what criteria should guide it?
- What does the evidence say about the available options?
- Which assumptions, risks and uncertainties should be visible to decision-makers?
3
Shape the work
- Clarify the decision, options, stakeholders and required evidence.
- Structure analysis around the decision criteria and trade-offs.
- Prepare executive-ready material that connects evidence to recommended action.
4
Produce usable outputs
- Decision framework.
- Options and trade-off analysis.
- Evidence and assumptions summary.
- Risk and uncertainty register.
- Executive decision pack.
Question-led narrative
A decision evidence pack brings together the context, options, evidence, assumptions, risks and recommendations leaders need before making a complex decision.
Questions this work can answer
- What decision is actually being made, and what criteria should guide it?
- What does the evidence say about the available options?
- Which assumptions, risks and uncertainties should be visible to decision-makers?
Starting point
- A decision is strategically important but the evidence is spread across teams or documents.
- Leaders need to compare options, trade-offs, assumptions and implementation implications.
- Technical analysis needs to be translated into clear executive material.
What I would do
- Clarify the decision, options, stakeholders and required evidence.
- Structure analysis around the decision criteria and trade-offs.
- Prepare executive-ready material that connects evidence to recommended action.
Outputs
- Decision framework.
- Options and trade-off analysis.
- Evidence and assumptions summary.
- Risk and uncertainty register.
- Executive decision pack.
Have a similar decision in front of you?
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