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Glossary

Governed execution

Work that runs automatically inside explicit rules, permissions and approvals.

Definition

Execution where every automated step has a defined scope, a permission model and a recorded human decision point where one is required. The opposite of unbounded automation, where a system can act without a traceable owner.

See also

Related terms

  • Approval boundary

    The line between what intelligence may do alone and what a person must approve.

  • Audit trail

    The recorded history of what happened, when and on whose authority.

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.