Section 2: Decision Protocol Metrics

Protocol Step	Completion Metric	Quality Metric	Owner	Cadence
Step 1: Deconstruct	% of major decisions with written deconstruction	Document includes ≥3 reframed options	Decision owner	Per decision
Step 2: Compounding Variable	% with documented compounding analysis	Identifies at least one capability that compounds	Decision owner	Per decision
Step 3: System Coupling	% with dependency map reviewed by stakeholders	Zero post-decision surprises from untraced dependencies	Enterprise Architecture	Per decision
Step 4: Human-Machine Design	% of AI decisions with symbiosis review	Explicitly addresses amplification vs. displacement	Product / Ethics	Per decision
Step 5: Ethics Constraint	% with ethics checklist completed	Ethics review passed before build commitment	Ethics Lead	Per decision
Step 6: Velocity Impact	% with estimated impact on lead time	Decision does not increase lead time without justification	Platform Lead	Per decision
Step 7: Kill Condition	% of reversible decisions with defined kill condition	Includes specific metric, timeline, and decision owner	Decision owner	Per decision

Decision Quality Score (DQS): Average completion rate across all 7 steps × average quality score (1–5) per step. Review monthly for decisions >$100K or >2 team-months. Target: DQS ≥ 4.0.