Approval Governance Overview
Updated 2026-04-25
How approval requests, expiry, and decision comments govern controlled decisions in NxtLayr.
Approval governance in NxtLayr is used to manage controlled decisions that should not happen without formal review.
What approval governance includes
Approval governance may include:
- a requester
- an assigned approver
- a request title and description
- request type
- optional expiry time
- status tracking
- decision comment
- notifications
- attachments
Approval lifecycle
An approval request may move through these states:
- pending
- approved
- rejected
- cancelled
- expired
Why this matters
Approval governance helps ensure:
- important decisions are reviewable
- decision ownership is clear
- rejections are traceable
- stale requests do not remain pending forever
Best practice
Use approvals for decisions that actually require formal review. Do not use them for every small workflow action.