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+![Corda](https://www.corda.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fg005_corda_b.png)
+
+--------------------------------------------
+Design Decision: <Description heading>
+============================================
+
+## Background / Context
+
+Short outline of decision point.
+
+## Options Analysis
+
+### A. <Option summary>
+
+#### Advantages
+
+1.    ​
+2.    ​
+
+#### Disadvantages
+
+1.    ​
+2.    ​
+
+### B. <Option summary>
+
+#### Advantages
+
+1. ​
+2. ​
+
+#### Disadvantages
+
+1. ​
+2. ​
+
+## Recommendation and justification
+
+Proceed with Option <A or B or ... > 
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+![Corda](https://www.corda.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/fg005_corda_b.png)
+
+# Design: Doorman Administration UI
+
+DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
+---
+
+## Document Control
+
+| Title                | Doorman Administration UI |
+| -------------------- | ------------------------- |
+| Date                 | 29/11/2017                |
+| Author               | David Lee                 |
+| Distribution         | TBD                       |
+| Corda target version | N/A - Doorman             |
+| JIRA reference       | ENT-1130                  |
+
+## Approvals
+
+#### Document Sign-off
+
+| Author            |      |
+| ----------------- | ---- |
+| Reviewer(s)       | TBD  |
+| Final approver(s) | TBD  |
+
+#### Design Decisions
+
+| Description                              | Recommendation  | Approval*               |
+| ---------------------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------------- |
+| [Near-term solution](decisions/near-term.md) | Selected option | (Design Approval Board) |
+
+\* only required for formal Design Approval Board meetings.
+
+HIGH LEVEL DESIGN
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+General overall of design proposal (goal, objectives, simple outline)
+
+## Background
+
+Existing Doorman code provides for optional integration with a JIRA project, in which issues mirror CSRs and movement of an issue to an Approved status is used to trigger approval of the underlying CSR (and subsequent release of a signed certificate to the client node)
+
+Whilst expedient as a near-term solution, the long-term practicality of JIRA (specifically, the JIRA instance provided by R3's corporate Atlassian account) for managing workflow has been questioned on grounds of: 
+
+- **Scalability**: Unproven where a system in which every request raises a JIRA issue would prove resistant to  volume-based attacks
+- **Extensibility**: Current work to develop an ID verification process is surfacing various requirements to track meta-data around a CSR - specifically, evidence captured on the requester's identity, checks performed etc. with reference to a policy, and evidence of controls (e.g. 4-eyes checks and approvals) applied. Whilst it is potentially feasible to implement these features through JIRA customisation, the required flexibility has not been demonstrated.
+- **Security**: Threat model around JIRA as a third-party, cloud-hosted application cannot be easily qualified. At a minimum, it may be assumed that Atlassian administrators would have both visibility and permissions to change statuses of JIRA stories, thus compromising the integrity of the certificate issuance process.
+
+## Scope
+
+* To provide a mechanism for doorman operators to manage the approvals of CSRs in way which is fit for near-term purposes. This may involve third-party open-source or commercial components (e.g. JIRA) where appropriate.
+* **Non-goal**: Develop a full bespoke end-to-end workflow solution equivalent to that used in financial institutions' KYC processes
+
+## Timeline
+
+* Solution required before Feb 1
+
+## Requirements
+
+* To be elaborated.
+
+
+## Design Decisions
+
+| Heading                                  | Recommendation |
+| ---------------------------------------- | -------------- |
+| [Near-term solution](decisions/near-term.md) | Option A       |