The Ownership Atlas

A map of who can act, who must help and who is simply interested.

The model

Ownership is mapped against a specific object: a decision, a service, a document or a result. One person can coordinate without controlling every input. The atlas makes those limits visible so that a broad title does not become a substitute for usable authority.

The working model
  1. 01Object
  2. 02Authority
  3. 03Dependencies
  4. 04Boundary

In practice

An integration lead owns the program but cannot approve a supplier contract. Naming Procurement's decision role and the sponsor's budget role resolves a confusion that a larger organization chart had preserved.

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