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Operating Model

Who does what, who decides, and what happens when people disagree. Governance fails far more often on unclear accountability than on missing documents.

Template Status Purpose
RACI Matrix Ready Removes ambiguity about who does what. For every significant governance activity it names exactly one accountable party, so decisions have an owner and…
Committee Charter (Terms of Reference) Ready Establishes the forum where governance decisions are actually made: its authority, membership, quorum, cadence, and what it must decide rather than…
Roles & Responsibilities Ready Defines each governance role in enough detail that it can be put in a job description, recruited for, and assessed against — rather than assumed.
Decision Rights & Escalation Ready States who can decide what, at what threshold, and what happens when people disagree or a decision is needed urgently. It is the document that stops…

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