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Operator Review Worksheet

Operator Review Worksheet

Use this worksheet during dry-runs, approval gates, and change windows to make operator decisions explicit and consistent.

1) Scope and Intent Validation

  • Change request ID:
  • Service or domain impacted:
  • Target scope (sites, roles, count):
  • Out-of-scope exclusions confirmed:
  • Business impact statement reviewed:

Decision:

  • Approved
  • Needs clarification
  • Rejected

2) Pre-Flight and Identity Gate Results

  • Identity validation passed for all targets:
  • Critical pre-flight checks passed:
  • Warning checks reviewed and accepted:
  • Any parser ambiguity in required checks:

Decision:

  • Proceed to plan review
  • Hold for remediation
  • Abort change

3) Plan and Risk Review

  • Plan artifact generated and immutable:
  • Diff reviewed for representative targets:
  • Rollback or containment path documented:
  • Batch strategy and abort threshold confirmed:

Risk classification:

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High

4) Approval Gate (If Required)

  • Approver name and role:
  • Approval timestamp:
  • Conditions or constraints attached:
  • Escalation contact identified:

Outcome:

  • Approved for execution
  • Deferred
  • Rejected

5) Post-Execution Verification

  • Verification checks passed:
  • Drift status reviewed:
  • Evidence artifacts captured and retained:
  • Follow-up actions created (if any):

Run quality summary:

  • Successful
  • Successful with exceptions
  • Failed with safe abort
  • Failed and escalated

6) Lessons and Control Improvements

  • Which control prevented risk in this run:
  • Which control underperformed:
  • Required updates to policy or code:
  • Owner and due date for improvements:

Store completed worksheets with run artifacts so review decisions are traceable during audits and incident retrospectives.

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