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3.8 · Controloverride
The authority and the technical ability to set aside the system output and decide otherwise, with the decision recorded.
What it means here
The authority and the technical ability to set aside the system output and decide otherwise, with the decision recorded.
Override is a control, not a sentiment. If the person can only observe, the oversight is not effective.
How to use it
State who may override, on what grounds, within what time, and where the record is kept.
The term appears in the register wherever the distinction changes what a person must do. A policy that uses the word without the distinction is a policy that cannot be tested. The unit pages link back to this definition so the reader can check the meaning before signing a row.
The units that use it
Every unit in the register is written to be testable, which means the terms in it have to be concrete. Start with the register, then read the unit that carries the term in its requirement. If the term is still unclear after that, the row is not ready to sign.