OperationalCore service moduleStrategic trust / Economic risk control

Governance and Approvals

Approval workflows and traceability controls that prevent unsafe or unreviewed shipping.

Primary job

Ensure every material change is reviewed, auditable, and policy aligned.

What This Module Does

Enforces pre-ship approvals aligned to client governance requirements.
Maintains traceability from decision to shipped output.
Defines ownership and escalation paths for blocked decisions.
Applies quality gates before release.

Parameters

4 inputs

Inputs that define scope, intent, constraints, and runtime behavior.

approvalPolicy

Requiredobject

Required review sequence and gate conditions.

Source: bouncebeam-business-os/fundamentals/features/07-governance-approvals.md

approverRoles

Requiredstring[]

Named roles authorized to approve/reject changes.

Source: bouncebeam-business-os/fundamentals/features/07-governance-approvals.md

escalationPath

Requiredstring[]

Fallback owner chain when approvals stall.

Source: bouncebeam-business-os/fundamentals/features/07-governance-approvals.md

evidenceLinks

Optionalstring[]

References supporting the proposed decision/change.

Source: bouncebeam-business-os/core/evidence.md

Buttons (Actions)

3 actions

Discrete actions that trigger module behavior.

Submit for approval

Operational

Routes change package into the approval chain.

Source: bouncebeam-business-os/fundamentals/features/07-governance-approvals.md

Approve or reject

Operational

Decision action by authorized role.

Source: bouncebeam-business-os/fundamentals/features/07-governance-approvals.md

Record decision

Operational

Creates traceability records tied to shipped assets.

Source: bouncebeam-business-os/fundamentals/features/07-governance-approvals.md

Levers (Settings and Policies)

2 levers

Persistent controls that tune quality, risk, and throughput.

Governance depth

OperationalTier-scoped policy

Workflow strictness scales with complexity and tier.

Lightweight
Baseline
Tighter governance
Granular custom roles

Source: bouncebeam-business-os/fundamentals/features/07-governance-approvals.md

Quality gate enforcement

ImplementedLocked policy

Pre-ship quality gates remain required across modules.

Default: Required

Source: bouncebeam-business-os/core/quality_gates.md

Outputs And Telemetry

Outputs

Approval records
Decision traceability artifacts
Escalation logs for blocked changes

Telemetry

Approval history
Decision records

Outcome focus

Strategic trust
Economic risk control

Dependencies And Guardrails

Dependencies

Named approvers
Clear escalation path
Evidence references

Guardrails

No unreviewed changes should ship where governance policies apply.
Governance depth should match program risk and complexity.

Sources Of Truth

Every claim on this page is tied to one or more repo source files.

bouncebeam-business-os/fundamentals/features/07-governance-approvals.md

bouncebeam-business-os/core/quality_gates.md

bouncebeam-business-os/core/evidence.md

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