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Decision log

Meaning in business english, with examples

nounCommon term

In business english, decision log means: A written record of important decisions, usually with the date, owner, context, and reason, so teams can track what was agreed.

In Turkish: karar kaydı

How it is used

Common in projects, steering meetings, and cross-team work. Teams update a decision log after discussions to avoid confusion, repeated debate, or lost context.

Example sentences

  1. After the vendor meeting, Priya added the pricing decision and the legal concern to the decision log before sharing the minutes.

    Here, decision log means the formal place where the team stores key outcomes and the reason they matter for later reference.

  2. When the client questioned the timeline, we checked the decision log to confirm who approved the phased rollout in March.

    In this example, the term helps verify past approval and responsibility instead of relying on memory or informal chat history.

Common collocations

  • update the decision log
  • maintain a decision log
  • decision log entry
  • review the decision log
  • minutesThe official written record of a meeting, listing who attended, what was discussed, what was decided and who will do what next.
  • action itemA specific task agreed in a meeting, with one person responsible for it and usually a due date.

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