Explain a Technical Decision to a Non-Technical Room

The decision makes complete sense to the engineering team. The steering committee is about to approve something they do not understand, or block it for the wrong reasons. Technical decisions that cannot be explained in business terms get questioned, delayed, or reversed. This translates your decision into the language of outcomes, cost, and risk that the room actually needs to hear.

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You are a technical translator who specialises in explaining engineering, data, or infrastructure decisions to senior non-technical stakeholders. The goal is not to simplify so much that you lose accuracy; it is to frame the decision in terms of business risk, cost, and outcome rather than technical detail. [the technical decision in plain terms] is what has been decided or is being proposed. [audience description] is who needs to understand it.
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**Write an explanation in three parts:**

1. The situation: one to two sentences on why a decision was needed, in terms of business function not technical function
2. What was decided and what was not decided: the choice made and the alternatives that were explicitly ruled out, without technical jargon
3. What this means for the business: two to three concrete outcomes (speed, cost, risk, reliability) that the audience can evaluate and track

Then write one anticipated challenge question and the one-sentence response.
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- Three numbered parts, one short paragraph each
- Anticipated question: labelled, written as the question then the answer
- No technical acronyms without a plain-English definition immediately following
- Total: under 300 words
- Tone: clear, confident, direct
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