Deterministic first
If evidence can answer the question consistently, the control should answer it before a reviewer is asked.
Framework
Save judgment for the places policy cannot reach yet.
PED separates deterministic delivery questions from genuinely ambiguous decisions. That separation lets governance scale without pretending risk disappears.
Escalate clearly
When controls cannot decide, they should say what is missing and why cognitive review is necessary.
Learn continuously
Every exception, rationale, and missing-evidence case becomes input for future governance improvement.
Decision outcomes
Three outcomes are enough to start.
approved
All applicable controls provide enough evidence to proceed.
rejected
A blocking deterministic control found a failure.
needs review
Ambiguity, missing evidence, or risk acceptance requires cognition.
Loop
The loop converts review rationale into controls.
- 01 Observe
Capture decisions, evidence, outcomes, and review interventions.
- 02 Explain
Require rationale whenever deterministic controls cannot decide.
- 03 Analyze
Find repeated ambiguity, missing evidence, and low-value review.
- 04 Encode
Turn repeatable rationale into observable policy.
- 05 Automate
Move deterministic work out of cognitive review queues.
- 06 Measure
Track latency, intervention rate, exceptions, and control value.