17 lines
747 B
Markdown
17 lines
747 B
Markdown
|
# ADR-0008: Cases for humans, workflows for machines
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
**Status**: accepted · 2026-09
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
**Context**: Operators need a unit of accountability; the runtime needs a unit
|
||
|
|
of execution. Conflating them makes both worse (peer review, Alternative C).
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
**Decision**: `DecisionCase` (one objective, owner, deadline, completion
|
||
|
|
contract) is the operator-facing aggregation; workflows are internal execution.
|
||
|
|
A case references the products of several workflows via `case_id`. Dashboards,
|
||
|
|
approval inboxes, and reports are projections over cases + ledger + event log,
|
||
|
|
not standalone feature silos.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
**Consequences**: UI work targets case views; a case must never become an
|
||
|
|
unbounded container (enforced: one objective per case, mandatory completion
|
||
|
|
contract).
|