Route and decide approvals

The Approvals pillar presents and routes the approval requests arising elsewhere in the Portal, directing each to the authority competent to decide it. Approval logic specific to a source module, the conditions under which a request is generated and the fields it carries are defined within that module's own Detailed Project Report; this pillar presents and routes the resulting request rather than re-specifying it.

This process flow outlines the movement of an approval request through the Portal. The process begins when a request is raised, being a Strategic Investment Plan, an Annual Operating Plan, a budget reallocation, a Project Management Consultant approval, or a tranche release. The Portal validates that the mandatory supporting documentation is attached, and where it is not, the submission is prevented and the missing item identified. The request is then evaluated against the delegation matrix in force at the time of submission. If the request falls within the delegated authority of the State, it is routed to the State for decision; if it …