Two-Way Door
A decision that can be reversed at acceptable cost after learning from the outcome.
Plain English
Try it and change back if it does not work.
In context
Two-way-door framing supports faster decentralized decisions when experiments have bounded downside.
Example
“The dashboard ordering is a two-way-door decision.”
When you'll hear this
- product review
- experimentation
- planning
Common misunderstanding
Reversible does not mean free of risk or unnecessary to monitor.
Also known as
reversible decision
Commonly used by
Related terms
Often compared with
Updated: 2026-08-25
