DECISION WINDOW

Before you sign, ship, or announce.

Don’t approve unpriced exposure under pressure. We produce a decision record you can rely on — defensible under scrutiny, backed by evidence.

Use this when cutover is close and rollback is unclear, contract rights are vague, or alignment is being used instead of proof.

Senior-led· Confidential by default· Decision record + evidence ledger· View redacted samples

Designed for high-stakes commitments · Short decision windows

Conditions first Evidence > opinion Stands up to scrutiny

Request an engagement Run the Decision Gate check

Response within 1 business day · We may request an evidence pack before scheduling · If your window is under 14 days, flag URGENT.

YOU ARE IN A DECISION WINDOW IF

These are the moments where teams approve exposure by accident. If one of the triggers matches, a time-boxed review can convert pressure into a defensible GO / GO-with-conditions / NO-GO.

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A Tier-1 vendor commitment is about to be signed.

Discounts are visible; exit, audit, retention, and termination assistance often are not.
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Cutover is scheduled, but rollback and abort criteria have not been tested.

Once partial cutover begins, reversibility collapses quickly.
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Identity and key data flows are assumed, not mapped end-to-end.

Unknown couplings surface as sequencing failures, access gaps, and production incidents.
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Leadership needs confidence, but the record is narrative — not artifacts.

Under scrutiny, “we were told” fails. Decisions need evidence attached to the record.
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Commercial exposure is open-ended (ceilings, egress, lock-in protections unclear).

Without boundaries, you approve an obligation — not a controlled commitment.

Why now: most losses are not caused by the decision itself, but by unpriced exposure approved under pressure — dual-run extensions, incident load during cutover, emergency control retrofits, audit disputes, and lock-in reversal costs.

THE ACQUIRIS SIGNATURE

Decision question

What must be true to approve this commitment now?

Evidence standard

Not evidenced is not assumed. We separate proof from narrative.

Consequence lens

If evidence is missing, approval becomes acceptance of unpriced exposure — often hard to reverse after partial cutover.

What you get (time-boxed)

A GO / GO-with-conditions / NO-GO recommendation
A board-ready decision record with closure requirements
A clear exposure view of what proceeding would approve

How it works

1

Triage call

15–20 minutes to confirm the decision window, sponsor, scope, and evidence availability.
2

Evidence pack

Minimal links or files first. Gaps become closure requirements.
3

Walkthroughs + review

Focused owner sessions across the decision-critical pillars.
4

Decision record

Recommendation, conditions, and a defensible record tied to the evidence.

Proof by artifact

View redacted samples

Anonymised and redacted to show the output standard — not client identity.

Make the decision defensible.

We work with leadership to identify binding constraints, quantify downstream consequences, and land a defensible GO / GO-with-conditions / NO-GO — with evidence attached to the decision record.

Not sure yet? Read the Decision Notes.

Request an engagement

Confidential by default · Response within 1 business day

Before you sign, ship, or announce.

YOU ARE IN A DECISION WINDOW IF

A Tier-1 vendor commitment is about to be signed.

Cutover is scheduled, but rollback and abort criteria have not been tested.

Identity and key data flows are assumed, not mapped end-to-end.

Leadership needs confidence, but the record is narrative — not artifacts.

Commercial exposure is open-ended (ceilings, egress, lock-in protections unclear).

Make the decision defensible.