Arguments from the work of engineering decisions

Dated, signed essays by Brillion leadership. Each article separates external evidence, operating experience and Brillion’s own framework propositions.

First edition · July 2026

Three questions that come up in serious enterprise conversations.

These are working arguments, published with an author, date and sources. They will be revised when the evidence or Brillion’s implementation experience changes.

Tshepo Mashilo · 21 July 2026 · 8 minThe enterprise decision problem

Why mature data, application and process environments can still leave the determination itself unmanaged.

Read article ↗Tshepo Mashilo · 21 July 2026 · 9 minDMN models a decision. It does not architect the enterprise around it.

What the standard does well, where its scope changes and how EDAF™ and DecisionOne relate to it.

Read article ↗Tshepo Mashilo · 21 July 2026 · 8 minWhat an ERP implementation leaves undecided

Why a strong transactional foundation still needs explicit policy, authority, evidence and outcome measurement.

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Authority requires disciplined claims.

EDAF™ separates verified facts, framework definitions, reasonable inferences, assumptions, proposals and unknowns. Candidate measures remain labelled until their methods are validated.

Primary referencesOMG · Decision Model and Notation 1.5 ↗ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2022 · Architecture description ↗NIST · AI Risk Management Framework ↗EUR-Lex · Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 ↗