Concept

Decision Authority

Something always decides — usually a person reading a document, sometimes nothing at all. Decision authority names that function explicitly and puts it in one place, so the answer is deterministic, reproducible, and recorded rather than reconstructed.

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What decides whether a high-stakes action is allowed to happen?

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Procurement approval

A purchase order, vendor onboarding, or supplier change is submitted for release.

9 executable policies

Policy change review

Someone edits a policy, raises a threshold, or disables a rule.

6 executable policies

Payroll and HR process release

A payroll run commits, or an HR business process (termination, compensation change, hire) executes.

3 executable policies

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Decionis is the deterministic decision layer between intent and execution. This concept is one way in; the architecture behind it is the same in every case.

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