# Release-Gate and Board Decision Brief

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Free starter worksheet adapted from Trust Is a Product Feature.
This is a concise working aid, not the full book or a verbatim book appendix.
Version: 2026-09-06. Use and adapt within your organization.

## How to use

Work on one defined decision or workflow. Record unknowns explicitly.
Link evidence and identify its age and limits. Keep sensitive information in approved systems.
A completed field is not evidence that a control works, and a completed sheet is not approval or certification.

## 1. Decision requested, system scope, sponsor, date, and expiry

Response:

Evidence or source (including date and limits):

Owner and next action:

## 2. Bounded claim: what is being asserted and what is excluded

Response:

Evidence or source (including date and limits):

Owner and next action:

## 3. Authority: management delegation, reserved matters, and decision owner

Response:

Evidence or source (including date and limits):

Owner and next action:

## 4. Release criteria: required checks and acceptable thresholds

Response:

Evidence or source (including date and limits):

Owner and next action:

## 5. Evidence: sources, dates, limitations, contradictions, and open gaps

Response:

Evidence or source (including date and limits):

Owner and next action:

## 6. Control state: operating, partial, untested, or absent, with evidence

Response:

Evidence or source (including date and limits):

Owner and next action:

## 7. Decision state: pending, go, conditional go, or no-go, with rationale

Response:

Evidence or source (including date and limits):

Owner and next action:

## 8. Conditions: owner, deadline, expiry, and escalation for each

Response:

Evidence or source (including date and limits):

Owner and next action:

## 9. Runtime monitoring, stop triggers, recovery, and next review

Response:

Evidence or source (including date and limits):

Owner and next action:

## Review and next decision

Reviewer:
Review date:
Open gaps:
Decision requested:
Decision owner:
Next review or expiry:

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