decision table
- noun
- Specialized
:
tabla de decisiones
- To ensure clarity, the manager presented a detailed decision table that listed each condition and the actions to be taken.
Examples
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Creating a decision table helped the committee visualize all options and make informed choices.
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Typical documentation contains systems development reports, systems flowcharts, file record and report layouts, program flowcharts, decision tables, testing procedures, listings of source and object programs, and general procedures.
Academic text (1996) -
We've reached a watershed here, where we either live in our own heads affirming reality, regardless of spurious inputs from demagoguery or sentiment, or we give up on reality and let demagoguery and sentiment take over at the decision table.
Blog text (2) -
The team used a decision table to outline the possible scenarios and their corresponding responses during the project.
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward compound of 'decision' (making a choice) + 'table' (information arranged in rows/columns), so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a table used to support or record decisions. The meaning is compositional and follows common noun+noun compounding patterns, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Decision table is a simple chart: a table that lists different conditions and the decision or action to take for each case. So it works like a map showing 'what to do' in every situation and helps people make the right choice.