Green Columns

Most documents submitted to an architecture decision or review board aren’t looking for a decision–they are looking for approval for a decision that was already made. To make that approval smoother, these documents routinely include alternatives that aren’t. They are stand-ins that make no sense, so the preferred options looks truly awesome in comparison. This setup often manifests itself in a comparison matrix where one column is all green and the other is all red. Needless ot say, such a presentation masks any real trade-offs that are implied.

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