Governance Templates¶
Purpose¶
Governance is the ETIS control plane.
It does not replace the Engineering Stages. It governs how engineering work is authorized, evidenced, reviewed, accepted, escalated, released, operated, and improved.
Use these templates when the project needs durable answers to questions such as:
- Who has authority to approve, defer, block, or accept risk?
- What evidence is required before a decision is valid?
- How is AI use controlled and reviewed?
- How are evidence gaps, exceptions, and unresolved risks handled?
- What must be true before a release decision is legitimate?
- How does operational learning become future engineering work?
Recommended workflow¶
Cross-Cutting Templates
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Governance Model
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AI Governance
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Evidence Governance
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Risk and Exception Governance
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Release Governance
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Stewardship Governance
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Governance Readiness Summary
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Template Library OverviewCopy location¶
Copy completed project governance artifacts into:
docs/project-workspace/governance/
If governance artifacts are maintained outside the project workspace, use:
docs/governance/
but do not mix locations casually. Governance evidence must be easy to find.
Template set¶
Governance Model
Define governance purpose, scope, roles, authorities, decision rules, escalation, evidence, and review cadence.
02AI Governance
Govern AI-assisted engineering and AI functionality inside the system with clear controls and evidence.
03Evidence Governance
Define evidence principles, categories, quality rules, review triggers, gaps, and preservation expectations.
04Risk and Exception Governance
Define risk categories, exception rules, acceptance authority, escalation, and carry-forward treatment.
05Release Governance
Define release decision types, minimum evidence, decision authority, blockers, and conditional release rules.
06Stewardship Governance
Define how operational evidence becomes learning, ownership, governance updates, and next-cycle engineering work.
07Governance Readiness Summary
Summarize governance readiness, gaps, conditions, follow-up, and the final governance decision.
Completion expectations¶
| Question | Governance Evidence |
|---|---|
| Who governs what, and with what authority? | governance_model.md |
| How is AI controlled, reviewed, and evidenced? | ai_governance.md |
| What counts as decision-quality evidence? | evidence_governance.md |
| How are risks, exceptions, and accepted uncertainty governed? | risk_and_exception_governance.md |
| What evidence and authority are required for release? | release_governance.md |
| How does operational learning become future engineering work? | stewardship_governance.md |
| Is the governance layer ready to use? | governance_readiness_summary.md |
Do not make governance ceremonial. Governance without evidence, authority, escalation, and follow-through is theater.
In ETIS, governance is architecture for accountability. It must be visible in the repository, connected to evidence, and capable of changing engineering behavior.