Government
In a public entity the decision trail matters as much as the decision. What has to be demonstrable is who was authorised, on what basis they decided, and where the data sat while they did. Systems that cannot show that are difficult to defend regardless of how well they work.
Authority is a structure, not a name in a workflow.
A workflow that routes to a named person breaks the day that person moves, and it cannot answer who was authorised to approve a decision made eighteen months ago. Authority belongs to a level, a value band and a delegation with dates on it, and the record has to keep the answer that applied at the time.
Deployment requirements are part of the requirement.
Where the system runs, where the data sits, how identity is federated, what is logged and for how long, and who may see an audit trail are not deferred technical details. They are frequently the reason a procurement fails at the assurance stage, and they are cheaper to satisfy as design constraints than as retrofits.
How we approach it.
Document the authority model, the decision evidence and the escalation path before any workflow is configured, because configuring first means encoding whatever was assumed. Agree hosting, identity, access, data handling and integration with the responsible teams at the start. Then prepare a journey and a named operating owner per participating function, since adoption in a public entity crosses departments that do not report to one another.
What tends to be true afterwards.
A decision can be evidenced without asking anybody to remember. The assurance questionnaire is answerable from documentation rather than from a meeting. And each participating function has somebody who owns the system on their side, which is the difference between adoption and a licence nobody uses.
Start with the requirements of the work.
Approvals must be explicit.
Document authority, decision evidence and escalation before configuring the workflow.
Deployment requirements are specific.
Agree hosting, identity, access, data handling and integration requirements with the responsible teams.
Adoption crosses departments.
Prepare role-based journeys, training and operating ownership for each participating function.
Products to explore
Explore the fit, then agree the configuration and implementation scope.
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