Insights & Best Practices
Learn about decision tracking, problem-based architecture, and software development best practices.
Decision Observability
If a decision cannot be observed over time, it cannot teach the system anything.
The 20-Metric Ceiling
When teams track too many metrics, decisions lose their edges. Focus is not a limitation. It is a requirement for learning.
Decision Debt
When decisions are made but never revisited, the cost doesn’t disappear. It accumulates—quietly—and the system pays interest.
Silent Revert
The most expensive decisions are often the ones that were reverted without ever being acknowledged.
Decision Drift
Decisions rarely fail in one moment. They drift—quietly—until reality no longer matches the original intent.
Why Retrospectives Struggle Without Decision Memory
Retrospectives are necessary. But without preserved decision context, teams are forced to reconstruct intent from outcomes.
What Is Decision-Centric Development?
Decision-Centric Development treats decisions as first-class artifacts, preserving intent, expectations, and learning over time.
Outcomes Don’t Teach. Expectations Do.
Outcomes show what happened. Expectations explain what it means.
A Decision Is Not an Event
A decision is not a moment in time. It is a living entity whose correctness is tested over time.
Decision-Centric Development Is Not Documentation
Documentation explains what we know. Decision-Centric Development preserves why we acted.
Why Dashboards Can’t Tell You Why Something Changed
Dashboards explain outcomes. They do not explain decisions. Decision-Centric Development exists to close that gap.