Case Study Design Decisions

Make the decision legible to a skeptical non-designer. Read references/decide-record.md.

Workflow

1. Identify the reader’s influence, priorities, vocabulary, and likely objection.
2. Select only decisions that changed user outcomes, system behavior, risk, cost, or delivery.
3. Complete a DECIDE record for each pivotal decision.
4. Connect design evidence, business consequences, technical constraints, and limitations.
5. Represent rejected alternatives fairly.
6. State what agreement enabled and what happened next.
7. Remove aesthetic rationale that does not affect use, comprehension, trust, or performance.

Communication pattern

For each decision: