Change & Decision Governance
Make important changes and decisions traceable.
The operating system can maintain a decision register and a change-control record so teams can see context, options, rationale, impact, rollback, testing, approval and review dates.
Context
Why is change needed?
Impact
Who and what could be affected?
Test
How will the change be checked?
Rollback
How can it be reversed?
Approve
Who is authorised?
Review
Did the outcome justify the decision?
Decision record
Commercial, technical, AI-governance, risk, security, privacy, procurement, product and operational decisions can be recorded with context, options, rationale and future review date.
Governance principle: auditability is not the same as bureaucracy. The level of control should be proportionate to materiality and risk.