An approval belongs to one immutable requested change. A decision receipt preserves the evidence, authority, previous state, result and later measurement so the whole story remains accountable.
Use this guide when
Work is waiting for approval or you need to understand what already happened.
Follow this route
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Inspect the proposal
Compare current and proposed state, affected scope, information used, expected measurement and restoration availability.
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Check authority
Confirm the policy, role, commercial limits and whether the proposal has materially changed since it was prepared.
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Decide
Approve, reject, edit or let the request expire. A material edit creates a new request.
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Follow execution
Read Pending, Running, Succeeded, Failed, Cancelled, Skipped or Restored without guessing from a spinner.
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Return for outcome
Use the same receipt to distinguish delivery, associated outcome and experimentally supported impact.
Before you finish
- The previous state is captured
- Retries use an idempotency key
- The approver and time are recorded