Human-in-the-loop does not mean slowing teams down. It means applying clear approval checkpoints where business and operational risk is highest.
Approval design patterns
- Single-owner approval for contained, low-blast-radius actions.
- Dual approval for production-impacting or policy-exception actions.
- Escalation-based approval routing for incident urgency scenarios.
Strong patterns tie every recommendation, policy result, approver identity, and action outcome into one evidence trail for incident review and compliance reporting.