Decision review trigger card
DESCRIBED | Governance Simplified
By Jonathan Malchow Vega
https://governancesimplified.com/resources/review-trigger-card/
Version 1.1 | 19 October 2026

FICTIONAL WORKED EXAMPLE. Not a client case study.

Record the changes that should reopen a decision before its next scheduled review.

Decision being tracked
Fictional decision D-08: two-week trial of a summarization tool using public samples only.

Assumptions and limits
Public data only, five trial users, no confidential inputs, and no operational use.

Review date
2 November 2026, illustrative end-of-trial review.

Changes that trigger review
Any proposal to use internal data, add users beyond the trial group, or use output in a live workflow.

Who notices and who decides
Trial coordinator notices changes; the team lead decides whether the scope may change.

Action when a trigger occurs
Pause the proposed change, bring it to the team lead, and record the review outcome against D-08.

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