Decision Architecture Framework
Principle

Challenge Assumptions

Identify, surface and question the assumptions a decision rests on.

Assumptions should be identified, made visible and challenged.

Good decisions emerge when organizations are willing to question their own understanding.

Assumptions may be:

  • Technical
  • Organizational
  • Business-related
  • Regulatory
  • Cultural

The more significant the decision, the more important it becomes to understand the assumptions that support it.

Relations

Related patterns:
decision-vacuum