decisiontrail
nounUK /dɪˈsɪʒən treɪl/
US /dɪˈsɪʒən treɪl/
A decision trail is the list of choices you made to get to an answer.
The teacher asked us to show our decision trail so she could see how we solved the puzzle.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A written record of the steps someone took to make a choice.
The committee kept a decision trail so everyone could review the final call.
3. The path of clues that shows how a conclusion was reached.
Detectives followed the decision trail to understand why the suspect was released.
4. A way to track each option that was considered and rejected.
Her notebook held a clear decision trail of every idea she tried.