# Delivery Governance ### Purpose Governance ensures that delivery remains controlled, visible, and aligned to customer and company objectives. Governance must support delivery rather than create unnecessary friction. ### Governance Principles We use governance to: * make decisions at the right level * keep delivery moving * manage risk and issues * protect commercial position * assure quality * maintain customer confidence * create evidence * support escalation when needed ### Governance Cadence A typical governance cadence includes: * daily team stand-up * weekly delivery review * weekly customer checkpoint * fortnightly show and tell * monthly steering review * milestone acceptance review * retrospective at the end of each iteration ### Governance Artifacts Each engagement should maintain: * delivery plan * roadmap * backlog * RAID log * change log * decision log * dependency log * milestone tracker * acceptance register * commercial tracker --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://framework.aic.io/company-operating-manual/delivery-governance.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.