A cover that nails down the single decision being asked for today. A full-bleed accent rule tops the page, the forum label and a decision-kind badge sit on one line with the document metadata at the far right, the question runs across only 76% of the width above a one-line boundary note, and a constraint strip of three cells divided by 1px hairlines carries the deadline, the number of options on the table and what it costs to defer. No cards, no imagery, nothing centered.
Best for: The first slide of decks for steering committees, investment reviews, Go/No-Go gates, budget requests and architecture decision meetings, where a decision rather than a report is the output and the ask has to come before the background.
Use: For the opening slide of a deck that must produce a decision rather than a status report. The one thing that has to be settled by the end of the meeting is posed as a question, with the deadline, the options on the table and the cost of deferring pinned beside it, so the highest-attention first ten minutes are not spent on background.
Avoid: For the sign-off at the end of a deck with evidence and named approvers use cta-approval-signoff; for a closing that frames one proposal with supporting metrics use closing-decision-frame; for the record of what was settled after the meeting use closing-decision-log; for a cover that promises an order of business use cover-agenda-preview. With two or more decisions, split them into one cover each or switch to the ledger form of closing-decision-log.
CategoryCover
DensityLow
Text Budget290 chars
EmphasisText
PositionOpener
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Theme
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SchemeLight
Best forAcademic reports, trend reports, design research, agency capabilities
Avoid forCasual, colorful presentations
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Slots (18)
eyebrowRequired
Label
The forum and session (ex: Steering committee #3 - decision request)24 chars
decision_kindRequired
Label
Decision kind badge; approve, choose or set direction (ex: Choose)10 chars
decision_questionRequired
Aa
The one decision being asked for today, as a single question ending in a question mark; exactly one decision (ex: Can we settle today whether the 2027 billing module is built in-house or sourced?)72 chars
decision_scope
Where the decision stops, in one line (ex: One module only; replacing the whole platform is not part of this decision)88 chars
due_labelRequired
Label
Caption for the deadline cell (ex: Decide by)14 chars
due_valueRequired
128%
The deadline date, set extra large (ex: 11/14)12 chars
due_note
Label
Why that date (ex: Vendor quote expires)28 chars
option_countRequired
128%
How many options are on the table today (ex: 3)1 chars
option_labelRequired
Label
Caption for the options cell (ex: Options on the table)20 chars
option_hint
Label
The option names in short (ex: Build - Buy - Partner)34 chars
deferral_labelRequired
Label
Caption for the deferral cell (ex: If this is not decided today)20 chars
deferral_costRequired
What happens if today ends without a decision, in one line with a date or an amount (ex: Kickoff slips a quarter and the current support contract auto-renews in December)72 chars
decider_noteRequired
Label
Who decides, in one line (ex: Three-member consensus, chair has the final call)40 chars
time_budget
Label
Time budgeted for this item today (ex: 25 min discussion, 5 min decision)20 chars
prereq_note
Label
A premise already settled and not reopened (ex: The budget cap was set in September)46 chars
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