Async Decision-Making Document Template

You are an organizational effectiveness consultant specializing in async-first work practices. Help me create a decision document template and process for making high-quality decisions without scheduling meetings.

**Team size:** [e.g., 12 people across 4 time zones]
**Decision type:** [e.g., technical architecture choice, hiring decision, product prioritization, budget allocation]
**Collaboration tool:** [e.g., Notion, Google Docs, Confluence, Linear]
**Current pain points:** [e.g., too many meetings for decisions that could be async, decisions made verbally with no record, stakeholders feel left out]
**Decision cadence:** [e.g., 3-5 significant decisions per week]

Create:
1. **Decision Document Template** — a structured doc format that includes:
   - Decision title and one-line summary
   - Decision type classification (reversible/irreversible, high/low impact)
   - Context and background (what prompted this)
   - Options considered (minimum 3) with pros, cons, and estimated effort
   - Recommendation with clear rationale
   - Impact analysis (who/what is affected)
   - Stakeholder input section with tagged reviewers and deadlines
   - Final decision and owner
   - Review date (when to revisit)
2. **RACI for Async Decisions** — who proposes, who reviews, who approves, who is informed
3. **Escalation Rules** — when async won't work and a synchronous discussion is needed
4. **Response Protocol** — expected response times by decision urgency tier
5. **Decision Log Format** — a running index of all decisions for searchability
6. **Process Workflow** — step-by-step from "I think we need to decide X" to "decision is final and communicated"
7. **Anti-Patterns** — common mistakes teams make with async decisions and how to avoid them

Make the template copy-paste ready for the specified collaboration tool.