Evidence Provenance
Evidence Provenance is the systematic design and evaluation of evidence provenance within the creation, preservation and verification of evidence showing what systems, people and i
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Audit and Evidence
Weak evidence provenance can lead to unsafe deployment, unlawful or unauthorised action, wasted public resources, loss of rights, poor accountability and declining institutional trust.
8 canonical Subtopics in this Topic.
Audit Trails
Audit Trails is the systematic design and evaluation of audit trails within the creation, preservation and verification of evidence showing what systems, people and institutions di
Execution Receipts
Execution Receipts is the systematic design and evaluation of execution receipts within the creation, preservation and verification of evidence showing what systems, people and ins
Decision Traceability
Decision Traceability is the systematic design and evaluation of decision traceability within the creation, preservation and verification of evidence showing what systems, people a
Evidence Completeness
Evidence Completeness is the systematic design and evaluation of evidence completeness within the creation, preservation and verification of evidence showing what systems, people a
Evidence Integrity
Evidence Integrity is the systematic design and evaluation of evidence integrity within the creation, preservation and verification of evidence showing what systems, people and ins
Replay and Reproducibility
Replay and Reproducibility is the systematic design and evaluation of replay and reproducibility within the creation, preservation and verification of evidence showing what systems
Audit Export Packs
Audit Export Packs is the systematic design and evaluation of audit export packs within the creation, preservation and verification of evidence showing what systems, people and ins
Stories from Audit and Evidence
Scenario narratives — not empirical findings.
Evidence Provenance
The ward was not short of data. It was short of quiet moments in which somebody could decide what the data meant. Institutional systems show a material need to strengthen evidence provenance so that governance claims are
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Aroha had already told the story three times before the appointment began. Institutional systems show a material need to strengthen audit trails so that governance claims are supported by live controls, evidence and reco
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The organisation could reach more people with automation, but Ama worried that reach was becoming a substitute for relationship. Institutional systems show a material need to strengthen execution receipts so that governa
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The exercise began with a simulated outage and became a test of whether people could still coordinate when the dashboards disappeared. Institutional systems show a material need to strengthen decision traceability so tha
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The family called it “the second shift”: the hours spent reconciling what different services believed about the same person. Institutional systems show a material need to strengthen evidence completeness so that governan
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The nearest specialist was four hours away, so the community had become expert at making imperfect systems work. Institutional systems show a material need to strengthen evidence integrity so that governance claims are s
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The board paper described the result as green. Aroha placed a red marker beside the missing evidence. Institutional systems show a material need to strengthen replay and reproducibility so that governance claims are supp
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Fatima had already told the story three times before the appointment began. Institutional systems show a material need to strengthen audit export packs so that governance claims are supported by live controls, evidence a
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