THE STANDARD
The Zakala Engineering Standard
A promise never enters production.
Every decision leaves an artefact. Every artefact can be reviewed. Every version can be stopped. The Standard describes the stages, roles and evidence required to move from a possibility to a decision.
SEQUENCE
Seven stages. One clear decision.
01
FRAME
Define the problem, scope, exclusions and stop condition.
ARTEFACT
scope note
02
SOURCE
Tie every claim to a dated document or remove it.
ARTEFACT
source register
03
SPECIFY
Write the expected behaviour and acceptance criteria before construction.
ARTEFACT
behaviour contract
04
BUILD
Execute the specification without freedom over names, prices or scope.
ARTEFACT
executable version
05
TEST
Prove by measurement, never by description.
ARTEFACT
test report
06
AUDIT
Submit the result to a contradictory review independent from construction.
ARTEFACT
audit verdict
07
SEAL
Freeze the version, timestamp it and publish its fingerprint where appropriate.
ARTEFACT
sealed version
ROLES
Four responsibilities. None replaces another.
ARCHITECTURE
defines the problem, model, content and criteria.
CONSTRUCTION
produces the requested version and technical evidence.
AUDIT
looks for gaps, contradictions and risks that construction did not see.
DECISION
authorises, refuses, grants a derogation or closes.
Tools change. Responsibilities remain. The same actor must not turn its own delivery into sufficient evidence of compliance.
SEALING REGISTER
A version is not an intention.
The public register brings together documents that can be named without exposing confidential content: title, version, date, fingerprint and audit verdict. When no public entry is ready, only one statement appears: "The public sealing register is being prepared for publication."
Internal audit, independent within the programme. This verdict is not a legal, financial or regulatory certification.
Access the private fileDECISIONS OF RIGOUR
What we refused, and why.
A method is not measured only by what it builds. It is also measured by the capital, time and credibility it refuses to waste.
- 01
A NAME DROPPED
LearnyBox was intended to carry the education offering. A prior-rights check led us to abandon it. The offering is called IZUXE EduOne.
- 02
FIGURES REMOVED
Market-size figures appeared on the website. Their sources did not withstand verification. They were removed rather than disguised.
- 03
A DEMONSTRATION REFUSED
A simulator was intended for the home page. Without an executable engine, the demonstration would have been staging.
A negative decision can be the most valuable proof in a programme.
What has passed the method must now meet a market.
See deployment