S9 · Solution for organisations

Research-to-Decision Office with the evidence shown

A research brief, source discovery, an evidence ledger and a one-page decision memo that separates evidence, assumptions and unknowns, so a recommendation arrives with what stands behind it.

Status · Proposed

The problem it answers

Recommendations arrive without the evidence behind them, and iSystematic's Research-to-Decision Office makes the evidence part of the memo.

What it does

It produces a research brief, finds sources, keeps an evidence ledger, and writes a one-page decision memo that separates evidence, assumptions, conflicting claims and unknowns.

Every source is recorded with its date. A citation must support the claim it sits beside, and two models agreeing is not treated as independent evidence.

The memo says what would change the recommendation. The decision, and any action that follows, stays with a person.

Built from

It is built from one catalogue workflow and one catalogue pattern.

IdNameWhat it brings
W20Research to Decision MemoDiscovery, reading, comparison and a memo, with the decision left to a person
P05Research, Compare, DecidePrimary sources inspected and compared; handoff between assistants is manual by default

What it is built on

Three parts of the framework corpus decide what the memo may claim, and each leaves a record the client keeps.

FrameworkIn this solutionClient keeps
PEVGThe verifier holds the line on what may be believed; two models agreeing is not independent evidenceEvidence ledger
Decision-Grade Observability (IP-4)Every source with its date and the version of the routing policy that chose the modelsSource record
BOE DeclarationThe memo separates evidence, assumptions and unknowns, in the same shape as every other recordDecision memo

Five parts apply to every build and are not repeated here: decision rights, the five gate records, a BOE Declaration per control, a vendor assessment for every vendor, and incident response. How we build sets out all of them.

The evidence it leaves behind

Every question leaves records the client keeps.

  • An evidence ledger
  • A source record with dates
  • The routing policy version behind each memo
  • The decision memo
  • The five gate records, as for every build

Typical buyer

The typical buyer is a strategy, policy or product team.

Status

Proposed, as of 9 October 2026. A solution becomes Piloting or Released only after a documented pilot, and no result is shown for it before then.

How to start

Most organisations start with the Automation Assessment. When decision memos are already the clear first task, a six-week Pilot runs the office for one team, with the baseline measured first.

Conformance is self-declared; no regulator endorses this work.

Start

Start with the Automation Assessment

Two weeks, a fixed fee shared on a short call, ten candidate tasks scored and three solutions recommended.