No no-brainer

Some decisions make themselves. Most. Everyone puts their thoughts on the table or marks them on the whiteboard. A spreadsheet is crafted, the discussion is had and a consensus develops around the very obvious choice.
Some decisions though, with all the evidence in play, there’s no clear winner.
No no-brainer.
No happy clappy agreement.
It’s nothing more than a judgement call.
At this point there are two new questions: who’s judgement, and how do they use it?
Who makes the judgement? Is it team consensus, a formal vote (what happens if there’s a tie? Someone has two votes?) or a designated decision maker?
How do they do it? Is it about all the evidence and a final judgement, is it a No unless there’s a unanimous Yes (or the other way around), maybe it’s a coin toss or call in an external arbitrator?
Skippy strategy: Make decision-making clear, before you need to.
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