kell_creations/docs/architecture/dynamic/policy-approval-retirement.md

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Policy Approval and Retirement Workflow

This diagram shows the dynamic workflow used to create, review, approve, publish, supersede, and retire controlled policy documents in the Kell Creations platform.

Purpose

This view explains how the Policy Repository, notifications, audit logging, evidence retention, and version-controlled source history work together to support controlled policy lifecycle management.

Diagram Source

The source for this diagram is maintained as architecture code in:

architecture/workspace/dynamic-policy-approval-retirement.puml

Diagram

Policy Approval and Retirement Workflow

Included Workflow Participants

  • Business Owner
  • Operations Staff
  • Policy Repository
  • Notification Service
  • Audit & Logging Service
  • Compliance Evidence Repository
  • Forgejo Git

Notes

This dynamic workflow establishes the governance pattern for controlled policy lifecycle management in the Kell Creations platform. Future refinements should distinguish between draft creation, formal review states, approval-required publication, superseded version handling, retirement triggers, and evidence-retention policies.