Owner decision
Why does the team agree but fail to carry the work?
Agreement is not execution when the meeting leaves no decision, named owner, deadline, capacity choice, or consequence for conflict. The team may understand the plan and still lack the authority and operating conditions to carry it.
Use this now: Create a movement register with decision, owner, deadline, displaced work, dependency, and proof of completion.
Owner worksheet
Agreement-to-completion contract
| Check | Write down |
|---|---|
| Decision statement | Write the exact decision, chosen option, rejected alternative, and the business result the team agreed to produce. |
| Outcome owner | Name one person accountable for continuity from decision through completion, including the authority and tradeoffs that person may control. |
| Resources and dependencies | List people, budget, information, approvals, and predecessor work required, with the owner and due condition for each dependency. |
| State-changing action | Define the first action that makes the decision costly to abandon, its owner, deadline, and evidence that it occurred. |
| Completion evidence | Specify the observable result, acceptance owner, review date, and closure record; attendance or verbal agreement is not completion. |
Close the decision: The work is not carried until one owner has authority, starts the state-changing action, and returns accepted completion evidence.
01Decision made02One owner acts03Completion is checked