DefinedTerm · Decision Design Framework
Judgment Architecture
Judgment Architecture is the institutional arrangement through which judgment authority is allocated, exercised, transferred, recorded, and reviewed.
Formal definition
Judgment Architecture makes the organization behind a decision explicit: roles, authority domains, delegation paths, escalation triggers, override rights, records, and review mechanisms form a single operating structure.
What it is not
It is not software architecture, model architecture, a RACI chart by itself, or an abstract theory of human cognition.
Concept boundary
It describes institutional authority, not the internal reasoning architecture of an AI model or an individual's cognitive style.
Relationship to Decision Design
Decision Design is the discipline; Judgment Architecture is the organizational structure that the discipline produces and maintains.
Return to the Decision Design pillar →Structural components
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Decision roles and authority domains
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Delegation, escalation, override, and stopping paths
- 03
Evidence, review, and institutional memory
Practical example
A procurement process separates AI-generated vendor analysis, buyer recommendation, legal exception review, and the executive with final commitment authority.