====== MO-001 — Governed Distributed Test Environments ======

[[dido:03-dido-te:99-annexes:annex-c-requirements:01-mission-objectives:start|Go to C.1 Mission Objectives]]

===== Statement =====

[[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:dido-te|DIDO-TE]] SHALL maintain each [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_environment|Test Environment]] as [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:g:governed|Governed]] throughout its [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:operational_lifecycle|Operational Lifecycle]].

===== Source =====

This requirement consolidates mission-level intent from the following Original Requirements in the draft DIDO-TE Requirements Register:

  * ''REQ-0001 — Three-level governance hierarchy''
  * ''REQ-0002 — Governance organs per level''
  * ''REQ-0003 — Membership request workflow''
  * ''REQ-0005 — Legal documents per governance level''
  * ''REQ-0006 — Additive-only legal-document inheritance''
  * ''REQ-0008 — Domain access-control quadrant declaration''
  * ''REQ-0009 — Tenancy isolation along governance boundaries''
  * ''REQ-0010 — Domain-scoped environments''
  * ''REQ-0086 — Substrate as a governed object with a recorded lifecycle''

The Original Requirements establish mission-level intent concerning:

  * A governance hierarchy
  * Governing [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:authority|Authorities]]
  * Governance organizations
  * Governance [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:role|Roles]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:g:governance_domain|Governance Domains]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:g:governance_policy|Governance Policies]]
  * Membership decisions
  * Authorization boundaries
  * Tenancy boundaries
  * Test Environment governance
  * Supporting-infrastructure governance
  * Operational Lifecycle governance

MO-001 expresses the common mission-level outcome that each Test Environment remains Governed throughout its Operational Lifecycle.

The supporting Operational, Functional, Security, Logging and Auditing, and Data Management requirements define the independently verifiable obligations governing:

  * Governance structures
  * Authority
  * Role assignments
  * Governance Policy application
  * Authorization
  * Isolation
  * Test Environment ownership
  * Operational Lifecycle transitions
  * Governance records
  * Governance Evidence

===== Rationale =====

A Test Environment can:

  * Allocate and consume [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:resource|Resources]]
  * Use [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:operational_resource|Operational Resources]]
  * Operate [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:n:node|Nodes]]
  * Operate [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:n:node_set|Node Sets]]
  * Use [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_target|Deployment Targets]]
  * Perform [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_execution|Test Execution]]
  * Execute software
  * Exchange information
  * Access protected Resources
  * Create [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_result|Test Results]]
  * Create [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:e:evidence|Evidence]]
  * Affect systems operated by multiple [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:organization|Organizations]]

Each Test Environment requires an explicit governance context that identifies:

  * The governing Authority
  * The applicable Governance Domain
  * The governed Test Environment
  * The applicable scope
  * The applicable Organizations
  * The applicable [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:community_of_interest|Communities of Interest]]
  * The responsible [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:actor|Actors]]
  * The applicable Roles
  * The applicable responsibilities
  * The applicable decision rights
  * The applicable Governance Policies
  * The applicable approval processes
  * The applicable change-control processes
  * The applicable exception and waiver processes
  * The applicable enforcement mechanisms
  * The applicable accountability mechanisms
  * The required Evidence
  * The required [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provenance|Provenance]]
  * The required [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:traceability|Traceability]]

Governance applies throughout the Operational Lifecycle of the Test Environment. Governance does not end after DIDO-TE creates, provisions, deploys, or activates the Test Environment.

The supporting requirements define how DIDO-TE establishes, applies, evaluates, records, and enforces the applicable governance context. MO-001 establishes the mission-level outcome that the Test Environment remains Governed.

===== Applies To =====

This requirement applies to:

  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:dido-te|DIDO-TE]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_environment|Test Environments]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:distributed_system|Distributed Systems]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:g:governance_domain|Governance Domains]]
  * Governing [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:authority|Authorities]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:organization|Organizations]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:community_of_interest|Communities of Interest]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:actor|Actors]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:role|Roles]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:g:governance_policy|Governance Policies]]
  * Test Environment operations
  * Test Environment [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:r:resource|Resources]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:operational_resource|Operational Resources]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:n:node|Nodes]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:n:node_set|Node Sets]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_target|Deployment Targets]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_definition|Test Definitions]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_run|Test Runs]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_result|Test Results]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:v:validation_decision|Validation Decisions]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:e:evidence|Evidence]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provenance|Provenance]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:traceability|Traceability]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:connected_environment|Connected Environments]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:disconnected_environment|Disconnected Environments]]
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:air-gapped_environment|Air-Gapped Environments]]
  * The [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:operational_lifecycle|Operational Lifecycle]] of each Test Environment

===== Verification =====

Verification confirms that:

  - Each Test Environment has an identified governance context
  - The governance context identifies the governing Authority
  - The governance context identifies the applicable Governance Domain
  - The governance context identifies the governed Test Environment
  - The governance context identifies its applicable scope
  - The governance context identifies the applicable Organizations and Communities of Interest
  - The governance context identifies the applicable Actors and Roles
  - The governance context identifies the applicable responsibilities and decision rights
  - The governance context identifies the applicable Governance Policies
  - The governance context identifies the applicable approval processes
  - The governance context identifies the applicable change-control processes
  - The governance context identifies the applicable exception and waiver processes
  - The governance context identifies the applicable enforcement mechanisms
  - The governance context identifies the applicable accountability and review processes
  - DIDO-TE applies the governance context to Test Environment operations
  - DIDO-TE evaluates each governed Test Environment operation according to the applicable Governance Policies
  - DIDO-TE applies the governance context throughout the Operational Lifecycle of the Test Environment
  - DIDO-TE applies the governance context in Connected, Disconnected, and Air-Gapped Environments
  - DIDO-TE preserves the Evidence required to demonstrate application of the governance context
  - DIDO-TE preserves Provenance for governance decisions and Test Environment operations
  - The verification record preserves Traceability among the Test Environment, governing Authority, Governance Domain, Actors, Roles, Governance Policies, governance decisions, Test Environment operations, Evidence, and verification result

===== Referenced By =====

The following pages reference this requirement:

{{backlinks>.#dido:03-dido-te}}

===== Delivery Phase =====

<todo>TBD</todo>

===== Implementation Status =====

<todo>Assess the current DIDO-TE implementation against MO-001 and its supporting Operational, Functional, Security, Logging and Auditing, and Data Management requirements.</todo>

===== Requirement Status =====

<todo>Review and approve MO-001 as a proposed Mission Objective consolidated from the governance and Test Environment requirements in the draft DIDO-TE Requirements Register.</todo>

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===== Issues =====

The following unresolved issues affect this requirement:

<todo>Define Governance in the shared DIDO Solutions Terms and Definitions corpus.</todo>

<todo>Define the governance hierarchy applicable to DIDO-TE Test Environments.</todo>

<todo>Define the relationship between a Test Environment and its governing Governance Domain.</todo>

<todo>Define whether each Test Environment has one primary governing Governance Domain or can have multiple governing Governance Domains.</todo>

<todo>Define the complete set of Test Environment operations governed by MO-001.</todo>

<todo>Define how DIDO-TE identifies the governing Authority for a Test Environment.</todo>

<todo>Define how DIDO-TE resolves Governance Policies inherited through the governance hierarchy.</todo>

<todo>Define the precedence and conflict-resolution rules for Governance Policies established by different Authorities or at different levels of the governance hierarchy.</todo>

<todo>Define the decision required when an applicable Governance Policy is missing, invalid, unavailable, or internally inconsistent.</todo>

<todo>Define the Governance Evidence DIDO-TE preserves for each governance decision and Test Environment operation.</todo>

<todo>Define the governance requirements applicable during each Test Environment Operational Lifecycle state and transition.</todo>

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===== Notes for Editors =====

This requirement page retains the stable requirement identifier ''MO-001''.

This page is a leaf requirement page and omits a trailing '':start'' from its namespace.

MO-001 consolidates mission-level intent from multiple Original Requirements. MO-001 does not result from splitting a single parent requirement and therefore uses a **Source** section rather than a **Derived From** section.

Changes to the Statement preserve:

  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:dido-te|DIDO-TE]] as the responsible Actor
  * Each [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:t:test_environment|Test Environment]] as the governed subject
  * [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:g:governed|Governed]] as the required condition
  * The [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:o:operational_lifecycle|Operational Lifecycle]] as the temporal scope of the obligation

The supporting requirements define:

  * The governance hierarchy
  * The governing Authorities
  * The Governance Domains
  * The relationship between each Test Environment and its Governance Domain
  * The applicable Actors and Roles
  * The applicable responsibilities
  * The applicable decision rights
  * The governed Test Environment operations
  * Governance Policy application
  * Governance Policy inheritance
  * Governance Policy precedence
  * Governance Policy conflict resolution
  * Authorization decisions
  * Tenancy isolation
  * Test Environment Operational Lifecycle governance
  * Governance records
  * Governance Evidence
  * Governance decision Provenance
  * Governance decision Traceability

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