What is a sign-off?
Also called: signoff, approval sign-off
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A sign-off is a named person’s formal confirmation that a piece of work is complete, correct or acceptable, and that the process can move on. It is how a manager approves a document, a client accepts a delivery or an engineer confirms a check, and it is recorded with who signed and when.
In more detail
Sign-offs belong at the points where a mistake would be expensive to undo: before a release, before money leaves the business, before a client is told something is finished. Too many sign-offs slow work down and become rubber stamps; too few let problems through.
A sign-off means something only if the person knows what they are confirming and has the evidence in front of them. A good process says what the signer must check and records their decision, including a rejection and the reason for it.
Example
At the end of a website project, the client reviews the live site against the agreed scope and signs off the launch. The project manager records the sign-off with the date, which starts the support period and the final invoice.
Sign-offs in CheckFlow
In CheckFlow a sign-off is a task assigned to the signer, completable only by them, that halts the checklist until it is done. A required drop-down records the decision, such as Approved or Not approved, and the activity feed records who signed and when.
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