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DACI decision doc template

Origin: Intuit; popularized by Atlassian's Team Playbook.

Start from this templateFree, no account needed. The blank is written with guidance in each section, ready to fill in.

Sections

  1. Driver
  2. Approver
  3. Contributors
  4. Informed
  5. Background
  6. Options
  7. Decision

How a tough reader scores it

When you score a draft against this format, the Critic evaluates this DACI. The weights add up to 100; the fixes for the weakest criteria arrive as cards in the editor.

CriterionWeight
Roles are named people with one Approver20
Background is concise and neutral15
Options compared on consistent dimensions25
Supporting data included15
Outcome and rationale recorded15
Informed parties notified10

How it works in SecondPen.ai

Open the template and the editor writes the blank once, with a line of guidance under each heading that you delete as you fill it in. Write your abstract and the editor names the format it reads like. Ask for a document with a slash command and it offers to start from the matching format. When the draft is ready, the Critic scores it against the criteria above, the way this format's toughest reader would, and the three highest-leverage fixes become Editor cards.

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