Design Authority — Operational test: Evidence appears in documentation, interface cues, or governance artifacts that reflect design authority.
Operational test "Evidence appears in documentation, interface cues, or governance artifacts that reflect design authority." for Design Authority in the Governance & power glossary category.
Operational test
Evidence appears in documentation, interface cues, or governance artifacts that reflect design authority.
Use this test to validate operational readiness.
Pair this test with the minimum evidence criteria to capture both qualitative and quantitative signals.
- Evidence artifact: Artifact documenting how Design Authority is expected, enforced, or governed.
- Behavior signal: Observed behavior showing Design Authority in practice during real use or drills.
- Metric signal: Metric tracked to monitor Design Authority performance over time.
The accountable power to set moral constraints, choose safeguards, and fund enforcement. Clear design authority aligns incentives, protects contestability , and prevents accountability diffusion .
H. Governance & power. Structures that determine who sets moral boundaries and who can intervene.
Ethotechnics uses Design Authority to extend the h. governance & power vocabulary and connect governance, design, and policy teams.