{"id":86216,"date":"2026-02-25T14:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/?post_type=pp_downloads&#038;p=86216"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:21:19","slug":"decision-log-template","status":"publish","type":"pp_downloads","link":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/downloads\/decision-log-template\/","title":{"rendered":"The Decision Log and Product Debt Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"page-section content-dark\" style=\"\"><div class=\"container\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-decision-log-and-product-debt-toolkit\"><strong>The Decision Log and Product Debt Toolkit<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"row is-style-default\">\n<div class=\"col-6 is-style-emphasis\"><div class=\"col__style\">\n<p>Three ready-to-use templates for logging roadmap decisions, auditing product debt, and making trade-offs visible before they compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A practical toolkit to help you\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make roadmap decisions with the context your future self needs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify the six types of product debt hiding in your team&#8217;s workflow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Say trade-offs out loud and write them down before they become invisible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build a shared vocabulary for debt across product, engineering, and design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stop losing the &#8220;why&#8221; behind every decision you make<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"btn-group has-text-align-center\">\n<a href=\"#hubspot-form\" class=\"btn btn--cta\" target=\"_self\" data-tracking-key=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Get the toolkit<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-6\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Decision-debt-Toolkit.png\" alt=\"Three toolkit templates side by side: a Roadmap Decision Log with spreadsheet rows and status indicators, a Debt Inventory showing six types of product debt with checkboxes and severity ratings, and a Trade-off Statements template with fill-in-the-blank prompts. Available in Google Sheets and Markdown formats.\" class=\"wp-image-86220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Decision-debt-Toolkit.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Decision-debt-Toolkit-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Decision-debt-Toolkit-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Decision-debt-Toolkit-768x448.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"page-section content-dark\" style=\"background-color:#e7f4f9\"><div class=\"container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-what-s-inside-the-decision-log-and-product-debt-toolkit\">What&#8217;s inside The Decision Log and Product Debt Toolkit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-7\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1370\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Decision-Debt-Toolkit-GSheets.gif\" alt=\"Animated walkthrough of the Decision Debt Toolkit spreadsheet showing three tabs: a Roadmap Decision Log with fields for capturing decision context and status, a Debt Inventory with diagnostic questions across six types of product debt, and a Trade-off Statements tracker for documenting intentional trade-offs.\" class=\"wp-image-86222\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"btn-group has-text-align-center\">\n<a href=\"#hubspot-form\" class=\"btn btn--cta\" target=\"_self\" data-tracking-key=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Get the toolkit<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-5 is-style-with-squircle\"><div class=\"col__style\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>1. Roadmap Decision Log<\/strong><br>For the decisions that will still matter in 6 months. Each entry captures what&#8217;s being decided, what&#8217;s at stake, what information is missing, and how you&#8217;ll know if you got it right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Debt Inventory<\/strong><br>A diagnostic checklist covering the six types of product debt most teams carry: tech debt, design debt, process debt, discovery debt, roadmap debt, and culture debt. Each type includes the decision pattern that typically creates it and three questions to help your team assess severity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Trade-off Statements<\/strong><br>A fill-in-the-blank format for every time your team consciously accepts debt. Captures what you&#8217;re choosing to do, what you&#8217;re leaving out, why, what debt you&#8217;re accepting, when you&#8217;ll revisit, and who needs to know.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"page-section content-dark\" style=\"\"><div class=\"container\">\n<a class=\"anchor-link\" id=\"hubspot-form\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-get-the-the-decision-log-and-product-debt-toolkit\">Get the The Decision Log and Product Debt Toolkit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-3 is-style-default\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-6 is-style-emphasis\"><div class=\"col__style\">\n<p>Access the template today<\/p>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"pp-hubspot-form\" id=\"pp-hbsp-form-7a4fab29-76fc-40b8-b998-4f0a431c656a\">\n\t<script>\n\twindow.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function(){\n\t\thbspt.forms.create({\n      portalId: \"6306234\",\n      formId: \"7a4fab29-76fc-40b8-b998-4f0a431c656a\",\n      target:\"#pp-hbsp-form-7a4fab29-76fc-40b8-b998-4f0a431c656a\",\n      submitButtonClass: \"btn btn--primary\",\n      cssClass: \"\"\n    });\n\t});\n\t<\/script><\/div>\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"page-section content-dark\" style=\"\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row has-vert-align-center\">\n<div class=\"col-2\">\n<div class=\"content has-text-align-center is-style-wide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/stagingprodpad.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Janna-Bastow-300x300.png\" alt=\"Janna Bastow\" class=\"wp-image-8182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Janna-Bastow-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Janna-Bastow-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Janna-Bastow-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Janna-Bastow-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Janna-Bastow.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-the-author\">About the author<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Janna Bastow<\/strong> is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/blog\/invented-now-next-later-roadmap\/\">inventor of the Now-Next-Later roadmap<\/a>, and Co-Founder and CEO of ProdPad. Janna is an authority in Product Management and a thought-leader and popular speaker on the subject of roadmapping. 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