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Make a decision brief with visible uncertainty
Compare options against explicit criteria and separate evidence from assumptions.
Here’s what it could look like.
An illustrative example to show the direction. Your details will make it different.
Choose a workshop room for 18 attendees. Hard constraints: capacity at least 18 and step-free entry. A: capacity 20, step-free entry confirmed, projector included, farther from station. B: capacity 24, entry has steps and no alternative confirmed, near station. C: capacity 18, step-free entry confirmed, projector rental needed. Costs and exact travel times not supplied.
RECOMMENDATION Start with A, subject to confirming cost and acceptable travel logistics. It meets both hard constraints and includes the projector. TRADEOFF A is farther from the station; the practical effect is not yet quantified. ALTERNATIVE C also meets the constraints. It becomes preferable if its total cost and access logistics are better after including projector rental. NOT CURRENTLY VIABLE B does not have confirmed step-free entry. Reconsider only if an appropriate accessible route is verified. NEXT EVIDENCE Get total cost, travel details, availability, and room layout for A and C.
A good way to get there.
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Name the decision and separate hard constraints from preferences.
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List evidence for each option with source and date when relevant.
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Compare viable options, identify the decisive uncertainty, and make a conditional recommendation.
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State what new information would change the recommendation and when to revisit it.
The prompt behind this idea
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Prepare a one-page decision brief for [Add decision]. Options: [Add options]. Evidence: [Add evidence]. Constraints: [Add constraints]. Eliminate options only when they clearly fail a hard constraint. Separate facts, assumptions, and judgments. Recommend one option conditionally, explain its tradeoff, identify the most decision-relevant unknown, and say what evidence would reverse the recommendation. Do not invent numeric scores, probabilities, or market facts.
Give it a second look.
- Hard constraints are applied consistently.
- The recommendation is conditional on actual missing evidence.
- No invented scores create false precision.
“Write the strongest case against your recommendation using only the supplied facts, then identify the cheapest way to resolve the uncertainty.”
The example is not a real venue recommendation or current availability check.
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