Project Constitution
Life by Design

Purpose of the Document

This Constitution defines the fundamental rules governing the existence, development, and management of the «Life by Design» project.

The document establishes the roles of participants, the principles of decision-making, the life cycle of project documents, requirements for publications, and the project's core values.

The Constitution is the second most important project document after «Project Manifesto».

Scope

This document applies to:

• all project participants
• all project documents
• all digital services of the project
• all published materials
• all future areas of development of the ecosystem

The Main Goal of the Project

The main goal of the project is to create an open ecosystem of family decisions based on the family's real-life experience.

The project exists to show how difficult life decisions are made, what consequences they have, and what conclusions can be drawn from them.

Important: the project does not provide consulting services. The project publishes its own experience only.

Principles of the Project

4.1 Honesty

The project prohibits the deliberate publication of inaccurate information. If published information is found to be incorrect, it must be corrected with a mandatory explanation of the reason for the change.

4.2 Openness

All decisions that do not involve personal data, trade secrets, or legal restrictions are published openly.

4.3 Verifiability

4.4 Responsibility

Each project participant is responsible exclusively for their own area of responsibility. Responsibility cannot be transferred without a corresponding decision by the Project Leader.

4.5 Respect

The project excludes: insults, humiliation of participants, the publication of knowingly false information, and discrimination on any grounds.

Project Governance Structure

The project follows the principle of separation of responsibilities.

Decision-Making and Documents

All significant decisions of the project are formalized in documents of the DEC series.

Each decision must contain a description of the problem, the options considered, the decision made, the rationale, the expected consequences, the date of the decision, and the responsible executors.

Project publications must correspond to actual events, reflect the family's real experience, be understandable to a broad audience, and maintain a respectful tone of communication. Materials are published only after review.

This Constitution may be amended exclusively by a new document of the DEC series. Changing the text without formalizing a decision is prohibited.

This Constitution entered into force on 03.07.2026 after approval by the Project Leader and is binding on all project participants.