Activity Log (vs. Audit Trail)

Definition

The operational history of planning objects — tasks created, goals re-weighted, sprints moved. Deliberately kept SEPARATE from the financial audit trail.

Worked Example

Financial Audit Trail      Activity Log
Records          financial transactions     planning events
Audience         auditors, compliance       the team
Retention        often 7+ years by law      as useful
Noise tolerance  zero (every entry=evidence) high (a work diary)

Interpretation & Pitfalls

Mixing the streams buries legally significant entries under thousands of 'task renamed' events and makes retention policy impossible.

In TupicFinance

Goals, tasks, and sprints log to their own activity stream, fully separate from the financial audit trail — an explicit architectural decision.