Governance becomes harder when it is added after the workflow has been built. Design ownership, access boundaries, and review points into the first version of the system.
Assign ownership to data and decisions
Name the source owner, decision owner and action authority separately. The person allowed to inspect an incident may not be authorized to change an asset or approve work. Use the intended workflow to identify those boundaries and the evidence needed to verify them.
Preserve provenance through transformations
A derived view should remain explainable through its source records and transformations. Ask what happens when a source is corrected, access is withdrawn or information must be deleted. Test the resulting view and retained records rather than relying on a diagram that only describes the happy path.
Make review paths explicit
Define the review record before a consequential action: evidence considered, options available, approving role, requested change and downstream response. Agree who reviews exceptions and how records can be inspected.
