Status

This is a published draft. It describes “what good looks like” in a Review and Report without turning judgement into a checklist. The authoritative version is this page.

What this is

Judgement markers are short signals that a decision process is likely to be robust. They do not guarantee good outcomes. They help a client understand what ORION is looking for and why.

Markers

• Decision ownership is explicit. Someone can say “this decision is mine” and is accountable for it.
• The decision is named. People can describe what is being decided (not just what is being done).
• Trade-offs are spoken. Competing goods are acknowledged rather than hidden.
• Evidence has a stable home. A future reader can find the basis for the decision.
• Thresholds exist. People know when a decision must be escalated or slowed down.
• Dissent has a channel. Disagreement can be stated without punishment or theatre.
• Change is handled honestly. When circumstances shift, decisions are revisited rather than quietly rewritten.

What this is not

• Not an audit standard.
• Not a compliance framework.
• Not a promise of outcome.