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Ameen Abozaid
Planned lessonSRB-012-L07

Demo: writing an RFC that gets a decision in one review

  • Lesson 7 of 7
  • Senior B
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In this lesson

write a compact RFC for a cross-team change and structure it so one review suffices; prepares SRB-012-LAB1.

Draft outline details

Step by step

  1. State the decision needed and the deadline in the first lines.
  2. Write the problem and constraints in five sentences; list goals and non-goals.
  3. Present two or three options with trade-offs and a clear recommendation.
  4. Planned mistake: bury the recommendation after pages of background. Fix: put the recommendation and the ask at the top, with details below.
  5. Name reviewers per concern and pre-answer likely objections (cost, rollback, security).
  6. Circulate, then collect comments in a single window.

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Where should the recommendation appear?

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Near the top, with the decision requested.

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