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# Decision Frameworks
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## Reversibility Matrix
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| Decision Type | Approach |
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|---------------|----------|
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| **Two-way door** (easily reversed) | Decide fast, learn from outcome |
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| **One-way door** (hard to reverse) | Invest time in analysis |
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Most decisions are two-way doors. Don't over-analyze.
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## Cost of Delay
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Daily Cost = (Value Delivered / Time to Deliver) x Risk Factor
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```
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Use when prioritizing:
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- High daily cost -> Do first
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- Low daily cost -> Can wait
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## RICE Scoring
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| Factor | Question | Scale |
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|--------|----------|-------|
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| **R**each | How many users affected? | # users/period |
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| **I**mpact | How much per user? | 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3 |
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| **C**onfidence | How sure are we? | 20%, 50%, 80%, 100% |
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| **E**ffort | Person-weeks | 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8+ |
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```
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RICE = (Reach x Impact x Confidence) / Effort
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```
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## Technical Decision Checklist
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Before committing to a technical approach:
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- [ ] Have we talked to someone who's done this before?
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- [ ] What's the simplest version that teaches us something?
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- [ ] What would make us reverse this decision?
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- [ ] Who maintains this in 6 months?
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- [ ] What's our rollback plan?
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## When to Build vs Buy vs Adopt
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| Signal | Build | Buy | Adopt (OSS) |
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|--------|-------|-----|-------------|
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| Core differentiator | Yes | No | Maybe |
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| Commodity problem | No | Yes | Yes |
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| Tight integration needed | Yes | Maybe | Maybe |
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| Team has expertise | Yes | N/A | Yes |
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| Time pressure | No | Yes | Maybe |
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| Long-term control needed | Yes | No | Maybe |
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## Decomposition Strategies
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### Vertical Slicing
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Cut features into thin end-to-end slices that deliver value:
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```
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Bad: "Build database layer" -> "Build API" -> "Build UI"
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Good: "User can see their profile" -> "User can edit name" -> "User can upload avatar"
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```
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### Risk-First Ordering
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1. Identify highest-risk unknowns
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2. Build spike/proof-of-concept for those first
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3. Then build around proven foundation
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### Dependency Mapping
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[Feature A] -depends on-> [Feature B] -depends on-> [Feature C]
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^
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Start here
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```
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