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Feature · Evidence and review

Evidence and review

Attach delivery proof and retain decisions against the package revision reviewed.

OverviewAll Review Decisions
Public Works Department · Evidence and review

All Review Decisions

Review decisions

New
Source revisionDecisionDecided atReasonReviewerParent
130Approve05 OctApprove rd-732WP-78725
300Return17 OctReject rd-993WP-68926
70Approve15 OctReturn rd-507WP-11088
50Return26 OctApprove rd-137WP-25358
430Approve20 OctReject rd-701WP-45671
6 of 6 records
Approve rd-732Review decisions · RD-53999
Approve
Source revision130
Decided at05 Oct
ParentWP-78725
Example screen with sample data

What you can do

Give each decision its source

Delivery evidence belongs to a work package, with a title, file, evidence type, upload date, visibility and uploader. Review decisions also belong to a package. Each decision records the source revision, reviewer, decision, date, reason and operation key. Together these records answer what was reviewed and who reached the conclusion.

Evidence can be Internal or Shared. Set visibility with the intended audience in mind before uploading site photos or contractor documents. A later change to package scope should not replace the files or decision tied to an earlier accepted revision. The reviewer needs the task completion and supporting attachments for the exact revision under consideration.

How the work is organized

  • Collect. Package Owner attaches the job record to the package as work is completed.
  • Examine. Independent Reviewer checks the revision, task progress and evidence before recording Approve, Reject or Return with a reason.
  • Decide. Public Works Manager moves complete reviewed work into accepted scope and sends unresolved issues back to the owner.

A returned review is a request for a change, with the original reason retained. An approved review should identify the reviewed revision so a subsequent correction cannot silently borrow that approval. The manager can inspect the decision history before accepting a package.

What to agree during setup

Agree which evidence types are required for common public work and who may see Shared attachments. Define an independent reviewer for each category of work. Set the rule that the reviewer cannot approve the package they prepared. Decide how a return reason reaches the owner and how a revised package receives a new decision. Keep an operation key stable when retrying a guarded action.

Rehearse a package whose task hours are entered but whose field file has not arrived. The reviewer should return it with a concrete reason rather than approve an incomplete record. Then attach the missing evidence and review the new revision.

Check the handoff on an actual case

A crew completes a drainage repair. The owner attaches a dated field file and marks the related tasks complete. The reviewer opens the package, checks the task lines and attachment visibility, and records a decision with the package revision. Ask the manager to find that decision from the review history before accepting the package. Change the package scope afterwards and confirm that the older decision remains tied to its original revision.

What your team sees

  • All Review Decisions — Decision, reason, reviewer and source revision for each package.
  • Accepted Work Packages — Packages whose delivery has passed review.
  • Open Work Packages — Work awaiting completion or acceptance.

Follow the work through

What it keeps track of

Data model
Record attachments
Evidence files attached to work packages
Review decisions
Independent reviewer decisions on work package revisions
Work packages
Baseline work packages with lifecycle, budget hours and counterparty scope
Tasks
Task lines under a work package with planned and actual hours
Team members
Staff and contractor personnel linked to an organization and platform user

Who uses it

Permissions
Package Owner
Supplies evidence; Independent Reviewer records the decision; Public Works Manager resolves acceptance and returned work.

Set up Public Works Department your way.

Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.

How to get started