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Figure 2From “Business case control is a living decision loop”

The source-to-decision accountability trace

Complete one row for a material intelligence item. The trace is not complete until the later result and its interpretation are recorded.

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Figure 2The source-to-decision accountability trace

A six-column worksheet linking a material intelligence item to its source position, decision, business-case assumption, accountable owner, post-approval test, and later result and interpretation.Intelligence itemand source positionWhat it says,source, date, andconfidence.Decision linkContinue, stop,price, monitor.Business-caseassumptionBenefit or constraintwith denominator andtime window.Owner andauthorityWho can revise,continue, orstop.Post-approval testand dateWhat will be checkedand against whichbaseline.Result andinterpretationWhat happened, whatchanged, and whatremains uncertain.Blank reader-input fields. A completed row is a trace, not proof of benefit. It becomes control only when the result can changea decision or constraint and the owner has authority to act.

Source: Author's own worksheet. The fields are reader input; no local intelligence item, decision, or realised result is supplied.

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Isoglu, S. (2026). The source-to-decision accountability trace [Figure]. isoglu.com. https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-business-case-control-is-a-living-decision-loop-fig02/

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@misc{isoglu-2026-business-case-control-is-a-living-decision-loop-fig02,
  author = {Isoglu, Sinan},
  title = {{The source-to-decision accountability trace}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Figure 2, isoglu.com},
  url = {https://isoglu.com/insights/exhibits/isoglu-2026-business-case-control-is-a-living-decision-loop-fig02/},
  note = {From the essay {Business case control is a living decision loop}}
}
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