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Acceptance review checks whether delivery evidence proves acceptance criteria are satisfied before deployment. It identifies direct proof for must-have requirements, traces requirements to artifacts, and issues a clear verdict to gate the release.

Issuing an acceptance decision involves cross-checking opened evidence against the Verification Report and local handoff workflow. You output a verdict of accept, reject, needs_more_evidence, or blocked, citing a clear Basis and explicit Residual Risk with next actions.

An acceptance review gate is needed during the acceptance-review phase when a package awaits a final verdict. It is required when you must validate requirements, verification results, and must-have evidence to gate deployment.

When delivery evidence is incomplete or contested, you escalate to specialists and document the reasoning and next actions. The review ensures decisions cite explicit residual risk and traceable verdicts rather than proceeding on incomplete data.

Acceptance review cannot verify evidence that is not inspectable or traceable. It requires validated requirements and verification results as input, and cannot resolve contested dimensions without escalating to human specialists for documentation.