Discipline

Decision Forensics.

Decision forensics is the structured reconstruction of why a decision was made on a project, what evidence supported it, who approved it, and how it influenced the outcome.

Beyond root-cause analysis

Traditional root-cause analysis focuses on what failed. Decision forensics focuses on the chain of judgments that produced the failure — the moments where evidence was assessed, weighted and converted into action.

What gets reconstructed

Communications, approvals, technical observations, schedule impacts, escalation patterns and evidence gaps are mapped into a coherent timeline of decisions — not just events.

When it matters

Indirect cost claims, contractual disputes, governance investigations and program lessons-learned all require decision lineage that has been preserved or can be credibly reconstructed.

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