Decision record
By Jonathan Malchow Vega | Governance Simplified
https://governancesimplified.com/resources/decision-record/
Version 1.0 | 19 October 2026

FICTIONAL WORKED EXAMPLE. Not a client case study or an approval for your organization.

Question
May the team test a summarization tool?

Options considered
No trial; public-data trial; internal-document trial

Decision
Two-week trial with public samples only; no personal or confidential inputs

Reason
Learn whether summaries are useful within a narrow scope

Evidence references and limits
Dated feature description and sample evaluation; no evidence about other data or workloads

Decision maker
Fictional team lead

Decision date
Illustrative date: 19 October 2026

Action owner
Fictional trial coordinator

Review date or trigger
Two weeks after start, or before any change in data, users, or scope

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