Glossary
Approval boundary
The line between what intelligence may do alone and what a person must approve.
Definition
A written rule attached to a role or workflow that states which actions proceed automatically, which require review, and who the named approver is. Approval boundaries are configured per deployment rather than assumed.
See also
Related terms
- Governed execution
Work that runs automatically inside explicit rules, permissions and approvals.
- AI role
A scoped intelligence function defined like a job, not a chatbot.
See it in practice
An anonymised deployment across a multi-entity operating group, with the phase-by-phase implementation timeline and a representative cost breakdown.
Put the vocabulary to work
An Architecture Assessment documents how these concepts apply to your systems, data and decision rights, and produces a blueprint, roadmap and quote.