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Muthukrishnan Ramakrishnan Automation & Validation Engineer| Automation & Validation Solutions Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
What is the purpose of decision log in Execution phase? Is it to minute all major decisions?
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Brian Riehle IT Program Manager| US Government Fairfax, Va, United States
Muthukrishnan,

Depending on how much your organization values comprehensive documentation will help dictate the level of detail to include with your decision log. For example, in my organization, regulatory requirements often drive heavy documentation leaning to more traditional waterfall efforts. Because of this, a decision log to accurate capture any significant decision or issue offers significant value for specific stakeholders and senior leadership. Alternatively, I have worked in environments that tend to lean to more of an Agile approach where such decision logs don't necessarily hold as much value.
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Sep 29, 2018 8:05 AM
Muthukrishnan Ramakrishnan
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Thanks
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Muthukrishnan -

As Brian has indicated, regulatory requirements often require transparency into what key decisions were made over the life of a project. However, I've also seen decision logs used in non-regulated cases as a political tool to protect the decision maker by proving that he/she had involved all the right parties in making the decision.

The level of formality, detail and existence of this artifact will be driven by the context of your project, organizational standards and the culture of your organization and team.

Kiron
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1 reply by Muthukrishnan Ramakrishnan
Sep 29, 2018 8:05 AM
Muthukrishnan Ramakrishnan
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Thanks kiron, That explains everything
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Muthukrishnan Ramakrishnan Automation & Validation Engineer| Automation & Validation Solutions Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
Sep 28, 2018 7:49 AM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Muthukrishnan -

As Brian has indicated, regulatory requirements often require transparency into what key decisions were made over the life of a project. However, I've also seen decision logs used in non-regulated cases as a political tool to protect the decision maker by proving that he/she had involved all the right parties in making the decision.

The level of formality, detail and existence of this artifact will be driven by the context of your project, organizational standards and the culture of your organization and team.

Kiron
Thanks kiron, That explains everything
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Muthukrishnan Ramakrishnan Automation & Validation Engineer| Automation & Validation Solutions Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan
Sep 28, 2018 7:20 AM
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Muthukrishnan,

Depending on how much your organization values comprehensive documentation will help dictate the level of detail to include with your decision log. For example, in my organization, regulatory requirements often drive heavy documentation leaning to more traditional waterfall efforts. Because of this, a decision log to accurate capture any significant decision or issue offers significant value for specific stakeholders and senior leadership. Alternatively, I have worked in environments that tend to lean to more of an Agile approach where such decision logs don't necessarily hold as much value.
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