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Business QuestionsEvery decision in Learning Nodes stems from a Business Question. The BQ is the anchor object that ties together constraints, sources, evidence, and the final Decision Record.What Makes a Good Business Question?A good Business Question is:

Answerable: It can be resolved with evidence (even if the answer is "insufficient data")

Scoped: It's not so broad that any answer would be useless

Actionable: Answering it would lead to a decision or action

Single-focused: One question per BQ (avoid compound questions)

Examples by QualityStrong Business Questions:

"What is the 90-day retention rate for users who onboard via mobile vs desktop?"

"Should we increase our Q3 marketing budget for the European market?"

"Which supplier has the highest defect rate in the past 6 months?"

Weak Business Questions (and how to fix them):

"Tell me about our customers" → Too broad. Fix: "What are the top 3 customer segments by lifetime value?"

"Why is revenue down?" → Vague causality. Fix: "Which product lines contributed most to the Q2 revenue decline?"

"Should we do X or Y or Z?" → Compound. Fix: Split into separate BQs: "Should we do X?" with constraints.

BQ Status LifecycleBusiness Questions move through statuses as they progress:

Draft — Question created, still being written

ASK Complete — Question defined with constraints, ready for analysis

Gathering Data — Sources attached, actively being analyzed

Ready To Decide — Analysis complete, waiting for commitment

Decided — Decision committed, Decision Record created

Changes Requested — Approval rejected, resolution required

Withdrawn — Decision retracted (irreversible in v1)

BQ Fields and MetadataEvery Business Question tracks:

Title/Question: The core question text

Description: Optional context and background

Owner: The accountable person

Collaborators: Others who can edit/comment

Tags: Domain labels (Product, Commercial, Risk, etc.)

Constraints: Scope, timeframe, rules, compliance notes

Linked Sources: Evidence attached in ASK phase

Linked Data Asset: Materialized dataset (created in DECIDE)

Linked Decision Record: The committed decision (created on commitment)

Status: Current lifecycle position

Created/Updated: Timestamps for audit

Tasks and ApprovalsBusiness Questions can have typed tasks assigned to users:

ASK tasks: "Draft constraints", "Find revenue data source"

DECIDE tasks: "Run completeness check", "Validate cohort definition"

ACTIVATE tasks: "Get CFO sign-off", "Prepare presentation"

Approvals can be requested on any editable item:

Constraint approval: "Is this scope definition correct?"

Cohort approval: "Is this segment definition valid?"

Hypothesis approval: "Is this claim supported?"

Check approval: "Is this validation method sound?"

Answer (Validate): The final non-delegable accountability event

Collaboration on BQsMultiple users can work on a Business Question:

Comments: Threaded discussions with mentions

Activity trail: Log of who did what and when

Inline edits: Non-blocking edits notify the owner

Invites: Email-based workspace membership

BQ Immutability RulesOnce a BQ reaches "Decided" status, certain rules apply:

The BQ becomes read-only — No direct edits to question, constraints, or answer

The Decision Record is frozen — Immutable artifact for audit

Changes require correction or withdrawal — See ACTIVATE phase documentation

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