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FUNDING FULL PROJECT TECHNOLOGY

No.: PROJECT NAME: MANAGER: DEPLOYED:

DECISION ALTERNATIVES DECISION DECISION DECISION DECISION AGREED DECISION LIFECYCLE

ID STATEMENT DATE RATIONALE MAKER BY STATUS PHASE
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ACTUAL OUTCOMES
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FUNDING No.

The funding number is assigned once the project is approved for funding.
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PROJECT MANAGER

Individual responsible for creating, updating and maintaining the integrity of the decision log. Individual assigned with the responsibility of documenting decisions during a
project.
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TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYED

Technology deployed is the category or component of a system under development in this project. The categories of technologies currently available are Mid-tier
(application), Desktop, Mainframe, Database, Infrastructure, Office Automation or Telecommunications.
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DECISION ID

A unique identifier in a numbering system assigned to a lesson learned. The identifier should be used for reference or for cross-reference in the future
among project team members and future project stakeholders in search of historical information. Example: DN01, DN02, DN03, DN04.
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ALTERNATIVES
Alternatives are feasible courses of action that may be considered as a potential solution, outcome or decision.
Alternatives with the potential to produce the desired outcome are to be listed in this decision log.
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DECISION STATEMENT

The decision statement is a placeholder to document the most favorable option and desired outcome selected from among the alternatives considered.
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DECISION DATE
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The decision date is the date that the final decision was reached.
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DECISION RATIONALE

The decision rationale asks for a justification for the decision that was made. For example, "Choice A has been favored over all choices because the
defect rates are predicted to be 75% lower than the remainder of the
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DECISION MAKER

The decision maker is the person or group of persons who reached and agreed to the final decision.
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AGREED BY

While the decision maker proposes and has the authority to make decisions, there are instances when groups of individuals must support the decision to be made so that it
can be carried out. In this section,This
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DECISION STATUS

"Decided" is a decision that has already been made. "Pending" is a decision that has not yet been made.
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LIFECYCLE PHASE

From the drop-down menu in this section of the template, please select one of the life cycle phases indicating when the lesson actually took place. Lessons can be
documented between the Planning and Implementation phases of the
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System Life Cycle Framework. The ten project phases are (1) Initiation, (2) Concept, (3) Planning, (4) Requirements Analysis, (5) Design, (6) Development, (7) Test, (8)
Implementation, (9) Operations & Maintenance and (10) Disposition. Please refer to the framework at this URL: http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-
ACTUAL OUTCOMES

Decisions are made to reach the desired outcomes. In the decision statement, the desired outcome is to be outlined. The main objective is to analyze the gap between the
desired and actual outcome for the decision that was made. This information can then be collected for decision-making in the future.
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