Decision Reconstruction Kit
Could we reconstruct who authorized this, and why, if an inspector asked today?
Work back through a decision already made and find what the record would not show.
You finish with A readiness count, an exposure list and next actions.
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Fictional example
“Discussed and agreed at the weekly quality meeting.”
The minutes list who attended. They do not name who held final authority.
Fictional example
“Discussed and agreed at the weekly quality meeting.”
The minutes list who attended. They do not name who held final authority.
A record can say one thing and leave one question open.
Work back through a decision already made. Map where each part is recorded, label what is retrospective, and see what the record cannot show.
This example is fictional. It shows where to look. It does not decide whether a decision was acceptable.
Inside the workbook
Four pages from the fillable PDF, exactly as you receive it. Choose a page to read it here. Nothing on this page replaces the PDF.
Response template
Put one decision through it.
Choose one decision you need to be able to explain, then examine what its records support.
- Bring one decision and its records.The decision, and the records that still exist for it.
- Answer from the record, not from memory.If you cannot point to where an answer is written down, it is not in the record yet. That is the finding.
- Bring it together in the brief.The questions most likely to be challenged, the exposure that remains, and your recorded conclusion and next actions.
Leave with a clearer view of what your record can support.
A readiness count, an exposure list and next actions.
- Where the record answers. The answers you can point to, with the record behind each.
- Where it does not. The exposure that remains, set out so it can be repaired or escalated.
- What to do next. Your recorded conclusion and next actions.
Choose the decision you want to examine.
Use the Decision Reconstruction Kit to connect your answers to the records, and to see which questions remain.
A structured review of your own records. It is not a compliance determination, and it does not predict inspection outcomes.
$49 · Fillable PDF · Delivered by private link to your email. Purchases are final unless a file cannot be delivered or opened, in which case we replace it or refund the price. See Terms, Section 3B.
Product details
What is included
- Fifteen questions to rebuild a decision from the record, each answer labeled original or retrospective
- A source map, a timeline and the five-link Reconstruction Statement
- Gap classification and a playbook for what can, and cannot, be reconstructed
- A readiness count, an exposure list and next actions, in a 20-page fillable PDF
Who should use it, and who does what
- A decision has already been made and you could not show, from the record, who authorized it and why.
- An inspection, audit or acquisition review is coming and the reasoning behind an older decision was never written down.
- The person who made the decision has left, or is hard to reach.
The executive
Reads the first page and the results: the readiness count, the exposure and the next actions. Decides on anything marked for escalation.
The decision owner
Completes the rest from the record. Brings: the decision, and the records that still exist for it.
When the tool is complete, the Readout turns the counts into one page the executive can read at a glance.
The four lenses it leans on
Each tool tests a decision against the evidence, judgment, risk and authorization behind it. The markers show which ones this tool leans on most.
- Evidenceprimary
- Judgmentprimary
- Risksecondary
Where it stops
- Reasoning rebuilt after the fact is labeled retrospective in the kit. It cannot recreate what was not recorded at the time, and it does not make the original decision sound.
- It does not decide for you, and it does not state that a decision is compliant or ready for inspection.
- It is a fillable PDF you complete from your own records. Every worked example in it uses a fictional decision and says so.
- It is not legal or regulatory advice.
Other tools
If a check shows a gap, the next step is the record itself. See the Inspection Response Record.