Required is job-specific
A personal photo print may not need commercial approval. A client campaign may require artwork, proof, quantity, commercial and delivery approval from different people. Set the gates deliberately.
APPROVAL MATRIX
Make the release gate
explicit.
Define which approvals this job actually requires, record their state and expose any pending or rejected required gate to Operations. The matrix organizes sign-off evidence without pretending to authenticate a legal signature.
✓ Local state✓ Explicit status✓ Exportable evidence
Required sign-offs
Each gate can be required, optional or explicitly not required. A required Pending or Rejected gate blocks the local release signal.
Approval completeness
Required0active gates
Approved0required approvals
Blocking0pending or rejected
PENDING
Complete the required gates.
Approval names and notes are stored locally in this browser.
A checkbox becomes useful only when its authority and scope are clear.
Rejected is not pending
A rejection records a decision that something must change. Keep that state visible until the revised evidence is approved rather than silently returning the gate to blank.
Local approval is a record
Entering an approver name in this browser does not authenticate identity or create a legal signature. Export the matrix into the project record when formal traceability matters.