DevOps Professional · Module 6: Governance, cost and change control · Lab
Verify a Change Plan Against Permission, Approval and Audit Rules
50 min hands-on · Advanced
A local fixture change process with roles, tiered approvers and an audit log; the provided change plan with a deliberately overstated-small radius.
Local guide: run the steps below on your own machine in order, then check the validation list.
Objectives
- Check permission, approval tier and audit readiness separately
- Reject with the specific gaps quoted
- Pass the revised plan with the decision recorded
Step 1
Check the three gates
Verify the actor's permission for the exact action, match the approval tier against the real (not claimed) blast radius, and confirm audit evidence hooks exist. Quote each check.
Step 2
Reject specifically
Reject the plan quoting each gap: wrong tier, missing evidence hooks, unstaged rollout for the real radius. The rejection teaches; it does not merely block.
Step 3
Pass the revision
Review the revised plan (staged rollout, correct approvers, evidence hooks), pass all three gates, and record the decision with approvers and evidence named.
How to confirm it worked
- Three gate checks quoted separately
- Rejection quotes each specific gap
- Revised plan passes with the recorded decision