assemble-release-decision-record

name	assemble-release-decision-record
description	Assemble a formal release decision record from supplied exit criteria, approved closure and coverage artifacts, risk evidence, waivers, and human approvals. Use when preparing a release gate packet, documenting a go or no-go meeting, recording a conditional release, or preserving a decision and its conditions. Maps evidence to criteria but does not recreate closure metrics, recommend an outcome, approve a waiver, execute a release, or make the decision for the authorized owner.
license	MIT
metadata	{"author":"TheTestingAcademy","category":"Test Deliverables","version":"1.0.0"}

Assemble Release Decision Record

Create an auditable record of the evidence presented and the decision a named human authority made. Keep the decision unrecorded until authoritative approval is supplied.

Workflow

1. Record the decision record ID and version, release candidate and immutable build, environment, meeting or decision time, and as-of time with timezone.
2. Inventory the authoritative exit policy, criteria, closure report, coverage analysis, risk register, evidence manifest, and approval sources by version.
3. Map each supplied criterion to its threshold and sourced actual. Mark it met, not met, or unknown only through a direct comparison; mark ambiguous criteria unknown.
4. Record residual risks, conditions, exceptions, and waivers only from supplied records. Include owner, approval evidence, scope, and expiry when stated.
5. Leave decision status unrecorded until an authorized human explicitly supplies the outcome. Then capture the exact outcome, authority, timestamp, rationale source, conditions, dissent, and required follow-up without embellishment.