# DecisionDeck Brief Frames

Use these frames when the user wants a more formal or audience-specific one-pager.

Do not load this file unless the user needs a more structured brief format.

## 1. Standard Decision Brief

Use for general option comparison and recommendation.

### Decision In One Line
- What exactly needs to be decided

### Recommendation
- Recommended option
- Confidence level

### Options
- Option A
- Option B
- Option C

### Evidence
- strongest supporting facts
- key constraints
- repeated signals

### Conflict
- where the materials disagree
- whether the disagreement changes the recommendation

### Gaps
- missing evidence
- what would change the call

### Next Step
- immediate follow-up or owner

## 2. Executive Or Boss Brief

Use when the reader is busy and only needs the call plus the few reasons that matter.

### Bottom Line
- recommended call in one or two lines

### Why Now
- why this decision matters now

### Why This Option
- the top reasons this option wins

### Main Risks
- the 1 to 3 risks worth watching

### What Could Change The Call
- only the highest-value uncertainty

### Next Step
- what approval, discussion, or action is needed next

## 3. Project Kickoff Brief

Use when the user wants to turn many materials into a project-start one-pager.

### Project Goal
- what outcome the project is trying to create

### Problem Or Opportunity
- what the inputs say is worth solving

### Options Considered
- possible directions or scope shapes

### Recommended Starting Scope
- what to start with now

### Constraints
- team, time, budget, dependency, or risk constraints

### Open Questions
- questions that still matter for kickoff

### Next Step
- owner and first move

## 4. Conflict Reconciliation Brief

Use when the main value is explaining disagreement across documents or stakeholders.

### Decision At Stake
- what decision the conflict affects

### Where There Is Agreement
- what is already consistent across sources

### Where The Conflict Is
- facts, assumptions, priorities, or success metrics

### Which View Is Better Supported
- stronger evidence or weaker evidence

### What Can Still Be Decided Now
- bounded decision despite imperfect alignment

### Next Step
- what discussion, test, or evidence collection should happen next

## 5. Go / No-Go Brief

Use when the user needs a proceed, delay, narrow, or stop recommendation.

### Recommendation
- go
- no-go
- limited go
- defer

### Why
- strongest evidence for the call

### What Makes It Risky
- key uncertainties or blockers

### Threshold For Reconsideration
- what signal would justify changing the decision

### Next Step
- proceed, narrow scope, or gather one critical missing input