Sign-off: Is analytical assurer or approver responsible for sign-off acitivities?

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Currently reads

"The analytical assurer should review evidence during and after an analytical project, to confirm the following have been completed over the life cycle of the analysis:

• Evidence that the requirements have been captured, agreed through an appropriate governance process, and shared with the commissioner, analysts and other stakeholders.
• Supplementary evidence of agreement and scrutiny of assumptions, analytical requirements and design considerations, including an analytical appraisal of options with considerations to uncertainty, limitations and weaknesses.
• Evidence that the commissioner and the analysts have discussed options and have agreed the verification and validation activities that are proportionate to the business-critical risks.
• Supporting material confirming the suitability of the deployed analytical resources to both conduct the analysis and to carry out the verification and validation activities.
• Evidence that there has been sufficient networking between analysts as the providers of data and other evidence sources.
• Detailed descriptions of the verification and validation activities and their conclusions with supporting documentary evidence of the conduct of the work."

Does this happen at the sign-off, or before delivery?

I was envisaging that at sign-off, the approver is provided with evidence from the assurer and analyst that these activities have taken place, and signs off on the analysis

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Change to: "The approver should review the evidence that full and robust assurance has been conducted, and sign-off accordingly"

Review that contents of bullets are captured in other chapters