Policy
Formally documented management expectations and intentions. Policies are used to direct decisions and ensure consistent implementation and improvement.
Impact
Policies provide the "Rules of the Road." Without them, every decision is a negotiation.
Weinto take
Policy as Code. We use tools like Open Policy Agent (OPA) to enforce policies automatically in the CI/CD pipeline. A PDF policy saying "No deployment on Fridays" is ignored. A pipeline rule that fails the build on Friday afternoon is respected.