EVVO method · Trust
Agent Authority Matrix
A practical method for making permitted actions, prohibitions, approvals, exceptions and human accountability explicit.
- Capability
- Trusted AI Governance
- Classification
- EVVO method
01 · Operating challenge
What this evidence must resolve.
Policies describe responsible behaviour, but delivery teams and business owners cannot consistently determine what an agent may inform, recommend, prepare or execute.
02 · Method
Build the record in a controlled sequence.
- 01
Classify decisions and actions by business impact and reversibility.
- 02
Assign authority levels to each workflow step and system action.
- 03
Define approvals, prohibitions, stop authority and exception routes.
- 04
Connect authority to identity, tools, evaluation, monitoring and incidents.
03 · Controls and acceptance
Make the decision testable.
Control spine
- Explicit human accountability
- Action-level permission boundaries
- High-impact approval gates
- Stop, recovery and escalation authority
Acceptance evidence
- Every material action has an accountable owner
- Permitted and prohibited actions are testable
- Approval and exception paths are operational
- Permissions match the accepted authority design
04 · Evidence artifacts
What the decision record contains.
Authority ladder
Defines standard levels from information to bounded execution.
Decision-rights matrix
Maps agent, operator, owner and risk responsibilities.
Exception map
Defines stop, escalation, approval and recovery paths.
05 · Evidence boundary
What this record does not claim.
This record describes the EVVO method. Final authority decisions require the organisation's business, risk, legal, security and operational context.
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