# Decision Definition

A decision is any explicit agreement that creates a binding change in action,
process, responsibility, approval status, timing, or next step.

Included:

- substantive decisions
- organizational decisions
- process decisions
- approvals
- rejections
- deferrals
- explicit agreement not to decide yet
- explicit agreement to gather more information before deciding

Excluded:

- opinions
- preferences
- proposals without agreement
- open questions
- descriptions of the current state
- explanations without commitment

Important distinction:

- "No decision was reached" means the meeting ended without an agreed outcome.
- "The group decided to defer the decision" means the group explicitly agreed
  on a process outcome: the substantive decision is postponed.

These are not equivalent.