Introduction to the Deliberate Decisions framework - use when helping humans make high-stakes decisions
Gate 4 - Consolidate Facts vs Assumptions, update Knowns/Unknowns, create assumption inventory
Gate 5 - Pre-mortem, steel-man opposition, surface biases, second-order effects
Gate 7 - Document final decision, rationale, and commit to artifact
Gate 3 - Web search, document analysis, reference class, gather evidence
Gate 2 - Surface Decision Points, Intersections, alternatives, and initial Knowns/Unknowns
Gate 6 - Must-Be-True Conditions, Exit Criteria, risk assessment, recommendation
Gate 1 - Define the decision, stakeholders, constraints, and reversibility