decision-quorumlisted

# Decision quorum The characteristic failure of a considered decision is not bad reasoning. It is **an unexamined premise that everyone in the room shares** — which no amount of careful analysis inside that premise will surface. This adapter hunts premises, not arguments. --- ## When it earns its cost | Run it | Skip it | |---|---| | The decision is hard to reverse | Easily reversible, cheap to try | | It commits budget, headcount, or a long timeline | The cost of being wrong is one afternoon | | Everyone agrees quickly | *(this is a trigger, not a reason to skip)* | | You are choosing between options someone already framed | | **Quick unanimity deserves suspicion.** It usually means the options were framed inside a shared premise, not that the answer is obvious. Reversible decisions do not need this. Make them, watch, adjust. --- ## Frame before mining State three things, in writing, before spawning anything: 1. **The decision** — the actual choice, phrased as a commitment: "we will do X by Y". Not a topic. 2. **The options as currently framed** — including doing nothing. 3. **The premises** — what everyone is assuming without argument. Write down at least three, however obvious they feel. The obvious ones are the target. ```markdown Decision: adopt a warehouse-native close process by Q1, retiring the spreadsheet close. Options: (a) full migration, (b) hybrid, (c) status quo. Premises: the close is too slow; the warehouse is reliable enough; the team can