Control
A required workflow condition intended to prevent, detect, limit, or recover from a defined failure.
Definition
A required workflow condition intended to prevent, detect, limit, or recover from a defined failure.
Practical test
Which named failure does the condition prevent, detect, limit, or recover from, and how can its operation be tested?
Example
Exact preview approval controls unintended CRM writes only if the executed payload is cryptographically or deterministically bound to that preview.
What to record
For control to be operational rather than a reassuring label, record the failure, owner, mechanism, test evidence, threshold, and response when the control fails. If those facts cannot be observed or tested, do not treat the term itself as evidence that the workflow is safe.