Learning Engineering / Practice
Decision tracking
Definition
The practice of recording design decisions, their justifications, sources of influence, and revisions across the life of a design project.
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A persistent record lets teams communicate why a design looks the way it does, revisit alternatives, and connect later changes to earlier reasoning.
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Sources and evidence
- Learning Engineering Design Decision Tracking — Abstract, Introduction, and Implications; systematic tracking of design decisions across projects; PDF pp. 1-2, 12 (direct)