Decision statuses and workflows

Open statuses

Status	Description
Emerging	A decision that is in its scoping phase but that an individual or group predicts will be escalated to the membership.
In draft	A decision that is actively being worked on, through shaping a proposal document, identifying and talking to stakeholders and/or preparing supporting documentation.
Ready for comment (Optional)	A decision where relevant proposals and supporting documents are ready for comment and review outside the facilitatoring group. This is an optional stage, used only for complex or significant decisions.
Decision scheduled	A decision for which a time and date has been set (e.g. at a Friday meeting or OGM) or that is scheduled to begin at a particular time (e.g. an asynchronous poll).
Decision in progress	A decision that is open for members to decide asynchronously.
Decision overdue	A decision that is in progress and is past its deadline. A decision is not considered overdue if a decision-making process has not started by its expected date.
Wrapping up a decision	A decision that has been decided and is in the wrap up phase before moving to a closed status.

Closed statuses

Status	Description
Accepted	A decision accepted as a result of a decision-making process.
Rejected	A decision rejected as a result of a decision-making process.
On hold	A decision that is not being actively progressed by a decision facilitator or decision team but that has not gone through a decision-making process or been withdrawn by the decision facilitator.
Delegated	A decision for which a smaller group or individual has been chosen to make the decision on behalf of all members.
Closed	A decision on which work has stopped for a reason other than completion, pausing or delegation.