Escalation ladder / freeze authority table

Defines who can freeze what, under which conditions, and on what timeline.

Stoppability is operationalized as an enforceable authority.

What this enforces

  • Freeze authority is explicit and role-bound.
  • Stop conditions are pre-declared.
  • Escalation occurs by clock, not permission.

How to use

  1. Assign freeze roles and backup roles.
  2. Define kill-switch criteria for each failure state.
  3. Run a tabletop where the first move is a freeze.

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If a field is hard to fill, that is the governance gap this artifact exposes.