Matter: Decision Disagreement Framework

	A	B	C	D	E
1	1. Parameters
2	A	Who initiated?	Sophie
3	B	What is the decision disagreement?	Do we need a filtering option for sorting through the list of items?
4	C	Who is the decision maker?	Kristina
5	D	Who are the stakeholders?	Rob, Katie, Carl, Kristina, Sophie
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7	2. Deliberate Options
8		Options	Effort (1-10)	Pros	Cons
9	1	Provide filtering functionality	9	- Users with a long lists would likely benefit from a filtering capability - Our competitors offer this functionality	- This would required a major refactor in our engineering codebase - This would delay shipping our next big release by ~ 2 weeks
10	2	Remove the filtering functionality for requirements for our upcoming release.	1	- We could always add this feature in later after shipping the MVP - We could ship 2 weeks earlier	- Users with long lists could have trouble finding items, reducing their productivity - We are delaying handling our tech debt
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13	3. Decide & Document
14		Decision made by:	Kristina
15		Decision:	Option 2
16		Communicated on Slack on:	6/30/2019
17		Decision rationale:	After discussing as a group, design reviewed our latest user research and learned that this was a nice-to-have feature. We also ran a quick SQL query and realized that the majority of our users had on average 50 list items which did not warrant building list filtering functionality.
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19	Guidelines:
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21	1. Parameters
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23		When to use this framework:
24		Next time you disagree with a decision ask yourself: On a scale of 1-10, how much will the decision slow down, harm, or break the business? If your rating is an 8 or above, use the framework. If your rating is a 7 or below, the disagreement is likely not worth the time and effort involved in using the framework.
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27		Who initiated?
28		The person who raises the issue.
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30		What is the decision disagreement?
31		Brevity is key. Work to keep this to 1-3 sentences max.
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33		Who is the decision maker?
34		1 person only
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36		Who are the stakeholders?
37		Most likely the entire company for small, pre-product market fit companies.
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39	2. Deliberate Options
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41		Options
42		List 2 to 3 initial resolution options to discuss as a team
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44	3. Decide & Document
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46		Decision
47		After the decision maker has heard from each stakeholder, it’s time for that person to make a decision and explain the rationale.
48		The decision maker needs to share the decision and its rationale with the entire company within 24 hours via Slack#General or a company-wide email.
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