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Vendor Governance
Model

Define ownership before you define deliverables

Use this template to establish clear ownership boundaries across vendors and internal teams before integration work begins. Complete the ownership map first. Then define hard constraints. The most common integration failure mode is not incompetence but unclear boundaries.

Ownership Architecture

Ownership Map

Function / VendorOwnsDoes Not OwnEscalation Path
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Hard Constraints

Governance Rules

Red Hard constraint ... no exceptions Yellow Monitored constraint ... exceptions require escalation
#SeverityRuleRationaleException Process
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Execution Constraints

Dependency Gates

GateBlocked WorkRequired Before ProceedingOwner
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
Governance Framework by Angie Bailey // angieqbailey.com