Irreversibility Budget — Operational test: A documented budget exists per critical-action class (for example, account closures or benefit terminations).
Operational test "A documented budget exists per critical-action class (for example, account closures or benefit terminations)." for Irreversibility Budget in the Measures & indicators glossary category.
Operational test
A documented budget exists per critical-action class (for example, account closures or benefit terminations).
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 Irreversibility Budget is expected, enforced, or governed.
- Behavior signal: Observed behavior showing Irreversibility Budget in practice during real use or drills.
- Metric signal: Metric tracked to monitor Irreversibility Budget performance over time.
A predefined cap on the share of actions allowed to be effectively irreversible in a given system or workflow class. Budgets force designers to minimize irreversible boundaries and build rollback lanes for everything else.
G. Measures & indicators. Metrics that track moral performance across systems.
Ethotechnics uses Irreversibility Budget to extend the g. measures & indicators vocabulary and connect governance, design, and policy teams.