Evidence → Decision → Authority → Action → Outcome

Evidence

Relevant sources, observations and context enter the decision path with provenance.

Decision

The system or person interprets the evidence against the objective and current business context.

Authority

Before a consequential commitment, the applicable Decision Authority determines whether the action can continue or must be escalated.

Action

The approved direction can be carried into a person, Dainin capability or supported external system.

Outcome

The result is retained with the decision path so later work can inspect what happened and what should change.

Why the chain matters

Without the chain, an organisation may know that an action happened without being able to reconstruct why it was allowed or what evidence justified it.