Canonical page: https://tellenze.com/decision-canvas Free tool · Decision canvas # A choice you can explain. Lay out the options, compare what matters and keep the reason for your decision. Leave with an editable record you can bring to your team. [Build a decision](#decision-canvas-workspace)[Start with a blank template](https://tellenze.com/work-templates/decision-record) No account needed. Your draft stays in this tab; copy or download it to keep it. Make the reasoning visible - 01 Frame the question. What needs a choice, and what matters? - 02 Look at the alternatives. Keep benefits, tradeoffs and unknowns together. - 03 Choose, or wait with a reason. You decide. Keep what would change your mind. Your question · Your judgment ## Think it through. Enable JavaScript to fill in this canvas and export your record. The introduction and related templates work without it. 01Frame the decision Decision question Name one choice. For example, what should the first useful version include? Context and constraints Why now? Include the boundary, available time and any commitments. What matters in this choice? List the few things you will compare. Describe them in words rather than assigning scores. 02 · Compare the options ### More than one way forward. Include keeping things as they are if it is a real alternative. Empty notes stay unknown. Option 1 Option 1 Option name 1 Give this direction a short, distinct name. Expected benefits 1 What could improve, and for whom? Costs and tradeoffs 1 What would this take or make harder? Evidence and references 1 Record what you observed and where to find it. Assumptions and unknowns 1 What still needs a check? Option 2 Option 2 Option name 2 Give this direction a short, distinct name. Expected benefits 2 What could improve, and for whom? Costs and tradeoffs 2 What would this take or make harder? Evidence and references 2 Record what you observed and where to find it. Assumptions and unknowns 2 What still needs a check? 2 of 8 options. Compare at least two directions. ### Your comparison at a glance. Read these against your criteria. No automatic score or recommendation. What matters Not specified — add comparison criteria above. #### Unnamed option 1 Expected benefitUnknown TradeoffUnknown EvidenceNot supplied Still to checkNot specified #### Unnamed option 2 Expected benefitUnknown TradeoffUnknown EvidenceNot supplied Still to checkNot specified 03Keep the reason Decision stateOpen — still consideringChoose an optionDefer the decision Reason for the decision Explain the tradeoff you accept, or what prevents a choice. Why other options wait Record the reason for leaving alternatives aside. This can stay open while you compare. Open questions and next checks What would you need to learn? Keep a proposed check separate from a completed check. Owner (optional) Who will follow through on this decision? When to revisit Name a change, observation or point in time that should reopen the discussion. Decision-record.md ### Keep the thinking. Your fields build the record. Edit the Markdown to make it yours. 4 details to clarify - - - - Editable decision record# Decision record Status: Open — no decision recorded. ## Question Not specified — remains unknown. ## Context and constraints Not specified — remains unknown. ## Comparison criteria Not specified — remains unknown. Criteria guide a human discussion. Options are not scored or ranked by this tool. ## Options considered ### 1. Unnamed option **Expected benefits** Not specified — remains unknown. **Costs and tradeoffs** Not specified — remains unknown. **Evidence and references** Not specified — remains unknown. **Assumptions and unknowns** Not specified — remains unknown. ### 2. Unnamed option **Expected benefits** Not specified — remains unknown. **Costs and tradeoffs** Not specified — remains unknown. **Evidence and references** Not specified — remains unknown. **Assumptions and unknowns** Not specified — remains unknown. ## Human decision Open. No option has been chosen. **Rationale** Not specified — remains unknown. **Why other options wait** Not specified — remains unknown. ## Open questions and next checks Not specified — remains unknown. ## Optional owner Not specified — remains unknown. ## Review trigger Not specified — remains unknown. --- Prepared from your supplied inputs. Evidence and references have not been fetched or verified. A recorded choice does not prove an outcome or authorize the work. Drafts with missing details can still be exported. The export marks the gaps. From a choice to useful work ## Give the decision a next step. [Plan the outcome and evidenceSay what should change and how you will check it.](https://tellenze.com/outcome-planner)[Discuss priorities togetherUse a shared room when the next work needs a team decision.](https://tellenze.com/prioritization-workshop)[Explore the dependenciesMake linked work and unknown timing visible.](https://tellenze.com/dependency-playground)