# Week 12 — Decision-Making Frameworks
**Unit 3: Lead Teams & Projects • Domain III**
**Essential Question:** How do good teams decide — especially when they disagree?
**Key Performance:** Decision Matrix applied to a real team choice for the capstone.

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## Day 1 — How Most Teams Actually Decide
**Objective:** SWBAT identify the (usually invisible) default decision style of a group.
**Do-Now (5):** "Last group I was in — who decided, and how did I know?" • **Circle (5):** Single word. • **Mini-Lesson (10):** 5 styles: autocratic, consultative, voting, consensus, consent. Each has trade-offs. • **Practice (25):** Card sort scenarios → match style. Debate. • **Close (5):** "My team should default to ___ for ___ kinds of decisions."

## Day 2 — Decision Matrix
**Objective:** SWBAT build a weighted decision matrix.
**Do-Now (5):** "Pick a hard choice you face. Name 3 criteria you'd judge it by." • **Circle (5):** Roses/thorns. • **Mini-Lesson (10):** Matrix mechanics — options × criteria × weight = score. • **Practice (25):** Teams build matrix for a real capstone choice (e.g., partner A vs B; deliverable X vs Y). • **Close (5):** Score and notice — does the math match your gut? Investigate the gap.

## Day 3 — The Pre-Mortem
**Objective:** SWBAT run a pre-mortem on a proposed decision.
**Do-Now (5):** "Imagine our capstone fails. What killed it?" • **Circle (5):** Check-in. • **Mini-Lesson (10):** Pre-mortem protocol — assume failure, work backwards. • **Practice (25):** Teams pre-mortem the option that won yesterday's matrix; build mitigation plan. • **Close (5):** "The biggest risk I now see is ___."

## Day 4 — Disagree & Commit
**Objective:** SWBAT distinguish dissent from disagreement, and practice "disagree and commit."
**Do-Now (5):** "A time I went along with a decision I didn't believe in. What happened?" • **Circle (5):** Brave check-in. • **Mini-Lesson (10):** Disagree-and-commit norm — voice fully, then row together. • **Practice (25):** Teams revisit decision; each member states their honest position (1-5 fist-to-five); if anyone's below 3, run dialogue. • **Close (5):** Final commit, recorded.

## Day 5 — Friday Circle: Decisions and Trust
**Do-Now (5):** Reflect on team trust this week. • **Circle (25):** Friday Circle + round: "Something I'm trusting my team with." • **Practice (15):** Portfolio: decision matrix + pre-mortem + signed commitment. • **Close (5):** Leader of the Week.

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## Assessment
4-pt rubric: **Matrix quality • Pre-mortem depth • Honest voicing in disagree-and-commit • Final commitment clarity.**
## Differentiation
Foundational — provide pre-filled matrix template; stretch — students propose their own criteria weighting.
## Sub Plan
Day 1 card sort works as a sub day.
## Stretch & Swap
Invite a city council member to share a real decision they faced and how they decided.