Ownership · The responsibility split · Element
Informed
Who is told, and when.
The part
What it is
Informing is not consulting, and confusing the two is how a communication list becomes an approval chain.
Stating the timing prevents the common failure of informing people after the decision has become irreversible.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
The other elements in the responsibility split
Accountable and responsible
Who answers for it, and who actually does it.
LearnConsulted
Who must be asked before decisions are taken.
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