The ownership record

One named owner per goal, dated and confirmed — not a team, not a role, and not two people.

The deliverable

What it is

Accountability does not divide. Two people accountable for one goal produces a goal that advances only when both happen to have capacity.

The record exists to make that impossible to fudge. A field that will only accept one name is a design decision rather than a limitation.

One level in

Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.

The owner
The single named person accountable.
3 attributes: Name · From · Their confidence
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The authority
What the owner can decide without asking.
2 attributes: Spending authority · Scope authority
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The handover
What happens if the owner changes.
3 attributes: Previous owner · Times reassigned · Reason
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A goal reassigned three times has a goal problem, not an owner problem. The count is what surfaces it.

Who is accountable, who does the work, who is consulted and who is only informed.

Where the owner goes when the goal is blocked by something outside their authority.