Status icons exist all throughout the Verve application, whether detailing a specific item in the System Editor, representing the status of related items in the Relationships Tab, or in the Verification Matrix. These icons represent the lifecycle of an item, as computed by how it’s been reviewed and verified.
Most item types (excluding Verification Events and Requirements) only have four states:
These approval states are computed entirely from the Approval status of users who have provided their approvals. We say “computed” because a mixture of an Approval status has four states, and influences the item’s status in the following ways:
Verification Events and Requirements expand this to include “at risk” Completed and In Progress states. That is, a Verification Event’s status is the product of its Approval state AND it’s Verification state. A Requirement’s status is the product of its Approval state AND its immediately downstream Verification Event’s computed state.
Requirements take a more nuanced approach, and the table looks much more involved, however their actions can be summed up as:
If the Requirement’s approval state is rejected, then the entire state is changed to Rejected. If the Requirement has an approval state other than Approved, then the entire state is “at risk” and unable to be considered Completed.
For an Icon key, see the following figure: