DECISION AND EVIDENCE RECORD Blank public template. Not an actual project decision or private review. Decision ID: Question to resolve: Context and scope: Human decision owner: Date: OPTIONS Option A and trade-offs: Option B and trade-offs: Hold / gather more evidence option: EVIDENCE Observation and source reference: Version / environment / date of observation: Inference drawn from the observation: Claim still needing verification: Evidence quality and uncertainty: Contradictory or missing evidence: DECISION Selected option: Reason and scope of decision: Unresolved risk: Acceptance conditions: Follow-up owner and dependency: What new evidence would change the decision: Review date: Illustrative principle: hold a change if its required acceptance evidence is incomplete. Record why, and what would allow the hold to be lifted. Keep private source, local paths, personal contacts, credentials and raw internal review material out of a public record.