Identify all the discussions occurring on the dev forum - is it still in discussion? Does it have tickets? Need prioritizing? Already in progress? Done?
could try it in a fulfillment screen (Orderables):
examples in design have used requisition product grid
Skipping authorization
taking approach where submit step is going direct to AUTHORIZED status
with a button that says "Submit and Authorize" (or button that says "Authorize")
get rid of AUTHORIZED status - no technical reason to need both statuses (the state stays the same, we have an authorize and approval still). This isn't blocking previous action item.
If it's IN_APPROVAL state, at least one other entity has gone through and reviewed that RnR.