Made for Architects
Move Design Decisions From Options to Signed Direction
Also useful for: people in Creative
Turn a major design choice into a controlled decision package that compares viable options, exposes consequences, secures clear approval, and directs the next round of project documents.
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Use this when
Use this workflow when you have two or more viable design options, conflicting stakeholder priorities, a choice with meaningful project consequences, or an approval that has stalled. You can also use it before a major milestone to close open direction before documentation advances.
You'll need
- Project context
- Decision question
- Decision deadline
- Decision authority
- Known constraints
- Viable options
- Available evidence
- Stakeholder priorities and feedback
- Affected documents
- Approval status
You'll get
- One neutral decision statement, documented facts and assumptions, weighted criteria totaling 100 percent, a viability screen, a traceable option comparison, a clear recommendation, explicit approval language, and a timed escalation path
- You also have written approval or a documented reason approval remains open, plus a downstream action register that carries the direction into every affected project record.
By the end of this playbook
You will have:
- One neutral decision statement, documented facts and assumptions, weighted criteria totaling 100 percent, a viability screen, a traceable option comparison, a clear recommendation, explicit approval language, and a timed escalation path
- You also have written approval or a documented reason approval remains open, plus a downstream action register that carries the direction into every affected project record.
Sample
This is sample data, not your prompt. Pro unlocks this higher-stakes Playbook. On Free Playbooks you can still copy the assembled prompt into any AI.
Sample input
You are designing an affordable housing project in design development. You need a written client decision between an open entry lobby and a controlled vestibule before the 60 percent issue. You have conflicting security, accessibility, operations, mechanical, cost, and design priorities. You have preliminary consultant comments and a rough cost range, but storefront lead time and final security staffing remain unconfirmed.
Sample assembled prompt
You receive a decision package that... You get a recommendation for the... You also get approval language, an...