{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/close-the-stakeholder-loop-with-a-decision-record",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9078",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Close the stakeholder loop with a decision record",
  "summary": "A small decision record reduces organizational memory loss.",
  "kind": "checklist",
  "body": "Capture the decision, scope, rationale, material rejected alternatives, owner, date, follow-up actions and known review trigger. Keep it short enough to be maintained.",
  "limits": [
    "Formal governance and accountability still apply. Stakeholder analysis should expose constraints and decision rights, not justify bypassing them."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-lead-without-authority-stakeholder-systems"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-D77AED0A57EA0B83"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A meta-analysis of 65 independent studies found team cognition positively related to team behavioral process, motivational states and performance, with moderation by task and team characteristics.",
      "source_id": "RS-D77AED0A57EA0B83",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "Shared cognition is not identical to unanimous opinion; teams may need differentiated expertise as well as common understanding.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "When decisions are made verbally and later reopened because rationale, scope or owners are unclear."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Formal governance and accountability still apply. Stakeholder analysis should expose constraints and decision rights, not justify bypassing them."
  ],
  "example": "After choosing an interface pattern, the team records why it was chosen and which volume threshold would trigger a redesign.",
  "check": "The record is sufficient for a new participant to understand the choice and its review condition.",
  "checklist": [
    "What was decided?",
    "Why was this option chosen?",
    "What was explicitly not decided?",
    "Who acts next and when is review justified?"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-D77AED0A57EA0B83",
      "title": "The Cognitive Underpinnings of Effective Teamwork: A Meta-Analysis",
      "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20085405/"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9078",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-9079",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/lead-with-the-decision-relevant-fact"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-47952011564F7728",
      "title": "Lead without formal authority: stakeholder decisions, delegation, voice, and team learning",
      "url": "/collections/lead-without-formal-authority-stakeholder-decisions-delegation-voice-and-team-learning"
    }
  ]
}