# manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance architecture

> Architecture diagram of the GitHub repository manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance, generated by GitDiagram from its file tree, README and a sample of source files (last updated 2026-11-13). It is an AI-made overview: check details against the source.

- Interactive diagram: https://gitdiagram.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance
- Repository: https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance

## Overview

This is a documentation-first payroll change-governance framework, not a Workday integration or runtime application. Its central workflow takes a proposed change through intake, risk review, approval, configuration design, testing, implementation decision, independent verification, and evidence-backed closure. The repository also supplies security controls, vendor-neutral workflow integration guidance, and reporting artifacts. Relationships shown follow the README’s documented lifecycle; source excerpts were not provided, so implementation-level links are not inferred.

Main entry points: [`change-management/change-approval-workflow.md`](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/change-approval-workflow.md) (Change approval), [`change-management/change-request-template.md`](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/change-request-template.md) (Change intake), [`validation-testing/test-plan.md`](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/test-plan.md) (Test planning), [`validation-testing/payroll-validation-checklist.md`](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/payroll-validation-checklist.md) (Payroll validation)

## Diagram (Mermaid)

```mermaid
flowchart TD

subgraph group_lifecycle["Change lifecycle"]
  node_intake["Change intake"]
  node_impact["Impact assessment"]
  node_approval["Change approval"]
  node_process["Process framework<br/>[process-flow.md]"]
  node_rollback["Rollback planning"]
end

subgraph group_design["Payroll design"]
  node_configuration["Payroll specifications"]
  node_earnings["Earnings design"]
  node_deductions["Deduction design"]
  node_paygroups["Pay groups"]
  node_calendars["Payroll calendars"]
  node_taxrules["Tax rules"]
end

subgraph group_assurance["Controls and assurance"]
  node_testing["Test planning<br/>[test-plan.md]"]
  node_testcases["Test cases<br/>[test-cases.xlsx]"]
  node_validation["Payroll validation"]
  node_defects["Defect tracking"]
  node_execution["Execution plan"]
  node_security["Access and duties"]
end

subgraph group_evidence["Integration and reporting"]
  node_integration["Workflow integration"]
  node_reports["Audit and reporting"]
  node_evidence["Evidence records"]
end

node_requester(("Business requester"))

node_requester -->|"submits request"| node_intake
node_intake -->|"assesses impact"| node_impact
node_impact -->|"seeks approval"| node_approval
node_approval -->|"authorizes design"| node_configuration
node_configuration -->|"tests design"| node_testing
node_testing -->|"logs failures"| node_defects
node_defects -->|"revises design"| node_configuration
node_testing -->|"seeks implementation decision"| node_approval
node_approval -->|"authorizes execution"| node_execution
node_execution -->|"verifies change"| node_validation
node_validation -->|"assesses rollback"| node_rollback
node_validation -->|"retains evidence"| node_evidence
node_approval -->|"establishes controls"| node_security
node_intake -->|"supports workflow intake"| node_integration
node_evidence -->|"supports audit"| node_reports

click node_intake "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/change-request-template.md"
click node_impact "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/change-impact-assessment.md"
click node_approval "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/change-approval-workflow.md"
click node_process "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/business-processes/process-flow.md"
click node_configuration "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/tree/main/configuration"
click node_earnings "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/earnings-configuration.md"
click node_deductions "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/deductions-configuration.md"
click node_paygroups "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/pay-groups-configuration.md"
click node_calendars "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/payroll-calendars.md"
click node_taxrules "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/tax-rules-configuration.md"
click node_testing "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/test-plan.md"
click node_testcases "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/test-cases.xlsx"
click node_validation "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/payroll-validation-checklist.md"
click node_defects "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/defect-tracking.xlsx"
click node_execution "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/authorized-environment-execution-plan.md"
click node_security "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/tree/main/security"
click node_rollback "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/rollback-procedure.md"
click node_integration "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/integrations/workflow-system-integration.md"
click node_reports "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/tree/main/reports"
click node_evidence "https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/reports/evidence-index.xlsx"

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```

## Components

### Change lifecycle

- [Change intake](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/change-request-template.md): `change-management/change-request-template.md`
- [Impact assessment](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/change-impact-assessment.md): `change-management/change-impact-assessment.md`
- [Change approval](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/change-approval-workflow.md): `change-management/change-approval-workflow.md`
- [Process framework](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/business-processes/process-flow.md): `business-processes/process-flow.md`
- [Rollback planning](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/change-management/rollback-procedure.md): `change-management/rollback-procedure.md`

### Payroll design

- [Payroll specifications](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/tree/main/configuration): `configuration`
- [Earnings design](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/earnings-configuration.md): `configuration/earnings-configuration.md`
- [Deduction design](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/deductions-configuration.md): `configuration/deductions-configuration.md`
- [Pay groups](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/pay-groups-configuration.md): `configuration/pay-groups-configuration.md`
- [Payroll calendars](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/payroll-calendars.md): `configuration/payroll-calendars.md`
- [Tax rules](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/configuration/tax-rules-configuration.md): `configuration/tax-rules-configuration.md`

### Controls and assurance

- [Test planning](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/test-plan.md): `validation-testing/test-plan.md`
- [Test cases](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/test-cases.xlsx): `validation-testing/test-cases.xlsx`
- [Payroll validation](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/payroll-validation-checklist.md): `validation-testing/payroll-validation-checklist.md`
- [Defect tracking](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/defect-tracking.xlsx): `validation-testing/defect-tracking.xlsx`
- [Execution plan](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/validation-testing/authorized-environment-execution-plan.md): `validation-testing/authorized-environment-execution-plan.md`
- [Access and duties](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/tree/main/security): `security`

### Integration and reporting

- [Workflow integration](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/integrations/workflow-system-integration.md): `integrations/workflow-system-integration.md`
- [Audit and reporting](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/tree/main/reports): `reports`
- [Evidence records](https://github.com/manishaderangula3/payroll-configuration-change-governance/blob/main/reports/evidence-index.xlsx): `reports/evidence-index.xlsx`

### Other components

- **Business requester**

## Connections

- Business requester → Change intake: submits request (evidence: `README.md`)
- Change intake → Impact assessment: assesses impact (evidence: `README.md`)
- Impact assessment → Change approval: seeks approval (evidence: `README.md`)
- Change approval → Payroll specifications: authorizes design (evidence: `README.md`)
- Payroll specifications → Test planning: tests design (evidence: `README.md`)
- Test planning → Defect tracking: logs failures (evidence: `README.md`)
- Defect tracking → Payroll specifications: revises design (evidence: `README.md`)
- Test planning → Change approval: seeks implementation decision (evidence: `README.md`)
- Change approval → Execution plan: authorizes execution (evidence: `README.md`)
- Execution plan → Payroll validation: verifies change (evidence: `README.md`)
- Payroll validation → Rollback planning: assesses rollback (evidence: `README.md`)
- Payroll validation → Evidence records: retains evidence (evidence: `README.md`)
- Change approval → Access and duties: establishes controls (evidence: `README.md`)
- Change intake → Workflow integration: supports workflow intake (evidence: `README.md`)
- Evidence records → Audit and reporting: supports audit (evidence: `README.md`)