What should I ask an approval-authority release to contain?

When requesting a release, ask whether each of these is present and linked by stable identifiers, so no part has to be inferred from another.

- A role hierarchy with reporting lines and cost centres, linked to every approver named in an event. - Limit tables by amount band, risk class and category, including rules that add a second approver. - Delegation grants with effective dates, scope, expiry and revocation events. - Leave and roster records, so availability can be checked against the request date. - Requests with amounts, risk ratings, requester roles and references to supporting documents. - Event logs of routing, approval, rejection, escalation and withdrawal, in order with timestamps. - Policy documents in more than one version, each with an effective date. - Expected outcomes and reason codes for each task, held apart from the inputs the model sees.