Decision Making

• Get the right stakeholders and clear roles into the decision before the meeting, avoiding "do-over" reviews.
• Frame each decision precisely, typically an incremental tranche to validate critical assumptions, not an all-in commitment.
• Capture clear and measurable OKRs for a projects next investment stage
• Keep a durable record of the decision, its rationale, and the outcome, so teams stay aligned and history is preserved.
• Support disciplined Continue / Pivot / Pause / Stop outcomes grounded in the evidence.

• Define decision-makers and stakeholder roles and responsibilities up front.
• Structure a funding proposal with its scope, supporting assumptions, and evidence.
• Define the project OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) for the next investment stage.
• Record the decision, outcome, and rationale as a historical record.
• Works alongside Strategy Evaluation (readiness) and the Portfolio Management dashboard.

1. Confirm the decision-makers and stakeholder roles before the review.
2. Frame the decision, scope it as the specific next increment of investment, not a blanket commitment.
3. Assemble the proposal, including the top Objectives and Measurable Key Results, supporting assumptions and evidence, drawn from the strategy hypothesis.
4. Record the outcome, Continue, Pivot, Pause, or Stop, with its rationale.

What is Decision Making in Growth Forge?

It's the formal mechanism for defining and recording investment decisions for a project, whether a stage-gate transition or an incremental funding tranche, including the proposal, evidence, decision-makers, and the recorded outcome.

How do I run a stage-gate or funding decision?

Frame the decision as the specific next increment of investment, assemble the supporting assumptions and evidence, confirm who decides and who's involved, then record the outcome and rationale. Strategy Evaluation supplies the readiness picture; the decision is captured here.

What are the possible outcomes?

Continue, Pivot, Pause, or Stop, with Stop a first-class, healthy outcome. The rationale is recorded alongside the outcome.

How is this different from the Strategy Evaluation tool?

Strategy Evaluation assesses readiness against the stage's criteria and prepares the case; the Decision Making is where the actual investment decision is framed, made, and recorded.

What does it connect to?

It draws on the project’s strategy hypothesis model and Strategy Evaluation and feeds the Portfolio Management dashboard.