Logging A New Decision

Keep track of your team's decisions, whether they result directly from a meeting or are made independently.

Decisions can be logged directly on a meeting’s agenda or independently when they arise outside of meetings. All decisions are stored in the shared Decision Log, accessible to the entire team, ensuring transparency and accountability. 

Log a Decision Related to a Meeting 

Decisions related to a meeting can be logged at any stage - before, during, or after the meeting. The flexibility of decision states allows you to capture and manage the full decision-making process effectively: 

• Proposed Decisions: Pre-log decisions that need to be reviewed or agreed upon during the meeting. 

• Final Decisions: Confirm or update decisions based on the meeting discussion or log the final outcomes post-meeting. 

This ensures that you can draft potential decisions in advance, assess them during the meeting, and finalize or adjust them as needed. 

Steps:

1. Choose a Method to Log a Decision

You can log a decision related to a meeting in two ways: 

• While Editing the Agenda Item: 

• • Open the agenda item for editing. 

• • Click on “+ Add Decision” to open the decision input fields.
    
    

• From the Agenda Item’s Options Menu: 

• • Navigate to the agenda item you want to associate the decision with. 

• • Click the three-dot menu (⋮) in the bottom-right corner of the agenda item. 

• • Select “New decision” to open the decision dialogue
    

2. Enter Decision Details 

• Title (Optional): Add a short identifier or label for the decision.  
  💡While not required, adding a title can help to quickly identify the decision later. 
• Decision (Required): Clearly state the decision being made. 
  💡 For example: "Allocate $50,000 for Q1 marketing campaigns to support new product launch efforts." Providing specifics ensures the decision is actionable and transparent.

3. Set the Decision Type

• Select Proposed for decisions still under consideration or pending agreement. 

• Select Final for confirmed decisions. 

4. Save the Decision

• Click the Save button on either the agenda item or the pop-up.  

• The new decision will be visible on both the agenda item and the Decision Log. 

Log a Decision Made Outside of a Meeting 

Decisions made outside of a meeting - such as follow-up discussions, urgent resolutions, or team-wide agreements - can be logged independently to ensure they are documented and accessible in the shared Decision Log. 

Steps:

1. Access the Decision Log

To log decisions made outside of a meeting, start by accessing the shared Decision Log for the team, which is available in the following ways: 

• From the Channel Tab:

• • Navigate to the Decision Log tab in your Teams channel.
• From the Decision Tile on an Agenda: 
  • Click on List on the Decisions tile at the top of the agenda to access the Decision Log.

2. Log a New Decision

• In the Decision Log view, click the “New Decision” button to open the decision dialogue.
  
• Select the Channel you want the decision to be associated with.
• Enter the following details in the decision input fields: 
  • Title (Optional): Add a short identifier or label for the decision.  
    💡While not required, adding a title can help to quickly identify the decision later. 
  • Decision (Required): Clearly state the decision being made. 
    💡 For example: "Allocate $50,000 for Q1 marketing campaigns to support new product launch efforts." Providing specifics ensures the decision is actionable and transparent.

3. Set the Decision Type

• Select Proposed for decisions still under consideration or pending agreement. 

• Select Final for confirmed decisions.

4. Save the Decision

• Click the Save button. 
• The new decision will be added to the Decision Log and will be visible to all team members with access to the log. 

Tips 

• Collaborative Access: Adding the Decision Log as a Channel tab ensures team-wide visibility, enabling all members to view and reference decisions easily. Learn more.  
• Decision Log: Whether linked to a meeting or logged independently, all decisions are stored in one shared location for transparency and accountability. 
  • Copy link - Copy a link to the decision item to share with your team.
  • Replace a decision - Replace a previously logged decision with an updated decision.
  • Delete - Delete the decision from all views. 
  • Edit - Do edits to your decision. Decision actions: From the Decision Log view you have access to a set of actions related to each decisions. Click the three-dot menu (⋮) in the corner of the decision item to: