STAGE 3 — COMMISSIONED ONLY AFTER STAGE 2 CONFIRMS STRUCTURAL EXPOSURE

Determines what must be restored for an approved decision to remain enforceable

Used only where Stage 2 has confirmed structural exposure and leadership needs a formal determination of the conditions required for the approved decision to remain enforceable

What Stage 3 determines

Which structural conditions failed
What allowed exposure to persist
What must be restored for the decision to hold
Outcome: restoration conditions formally determined for the approved decision

Conditions required for an approved decision to remain enforceable

Stage 3 determines whether the structural conditions required for enforceability remained intact after approval

Conditions required for an approved decision to remain enforceable

Stage 3 tests whether the structural conditions required for enforceability remained intact after approval

Decision ownership

One accountable owner retains recognised authority for the approved decision

Decision authority

Authority remains clear and does not drift across committees, functions or informal actors

Decision criteria

The approved decision basis remains fixed, traceable and resistant to informal change.

Exception control

Exceptions are governed through a defined route and do not gradually override the approved decision

Decision reopening

Clear rules define when an approved decision may be reviewed, challenged or formally reopened


Outcome: structural conditions for decision enforceability formally determined

Stage 2 identifies the exposure.
Stage 3 determines what must be restored

Stage 2 confirms the problem

Determines whether the approved decision remains structurally stable or has become structurally exposed

Stage 3 identifies structural failure conditions

Determines which conditions of ownership, authority, criteria, exception control or decision reopening failed

Stage 3 determines restoration conditions

Sets out the conditions that must be restored for the approved decision to remain enforceable

Executive deliverables

Stage 3 concludes with a formal written determination for executive, board or programme leadership review

— Structural Failure Analysis
Documents which conditions of ownership, authority, criteria, exception control or decision reopening failed and how those failures contributed to structural exposure
— Restoration Conditions Determination
Sets out the conditions that must be restored for the approved decision to remain enforceable
— Decision Status Determination
States whether the approved decision appears capable of stabilisation in its current form or requires formal re-authorisation