What Is a Deployment Approval Chain?
A deployment approval chain is the defined sequence of approvals a deployment must pass through before it is allowed to proceed. Each stage routes the release to a specific reviewer or group, and the deployment advances only as approvals accumulate. The chain encodes the organization's release-governance policy.
Why it matters
Ad hoc approvals are easy to skip or forget under pressure. A formal chain ensures every required sign-off happens in order before a change reaches production.
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