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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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handoff

/ˈhændɒf/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The moment a responsibility becomes a diagram of an arrow, with no one standing at either end of it.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The transfer of responsibility for a task or system from one team or person to another.

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Seen in the wild · 3

OpenTelemetry standardized the labels. The business meaning still lives outside the trace.Metric Theater
The €15M Privacy Fine That Collapsed Because Nobody Owned ItOwner Missing
The chief data officer leaves before the definition of "customer" does.Owner Missing

See also

dotted lineThe line on the chart that carries all of the responsibility and none of the headcount. It is dotted because solid would imply someone could be held to it.
escalationSending a decision upward in search of an owner, where it is acknowledged, admired for its complexity, and sent back down for alignment.
interim ownerThe permanent owner, pending the search that was never opened.