Negotiated Decision Framework (NDF) Purpose : Navigate multi-stakeholder decisions where different parties have legitimate but competing interests. NDF helps find decisions that stakeholders can live with, even if no one gets everything they want. When to Use NDF Use NDF when: - Multiple stakeholders must agree (or at least not block) - Different parties have different success criteria - Power dynamics or politics affect the decision - Past decisions created winners/losers who remember - "Best technical answer" won't get adopted due to stakeholder resistance - Need buy-in for implementation s…