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Roles and decision rights
Assign accountability independently of product interfaces.
Purpose
A person may hold several roles. Record the role exercised for each decision. Consumer, Producer, EcOps and PlatOps are product interaction perspectives, not substitutes for business accountability.
Governance forum
Scope: Ecosystem.
Sets the baseline, reviews cross-domain exceptions and resolves conflicts.
Reference interface: EcOps records decisions.
Ecosystem manager
Scope: Ecosystem.
Coordinates implementation, scope, policy versions and improvement follow-up.
Reference interface: EcOps.
Domain owner
Scope: Hive.
Accountable for the domain and escalated approval decisions.
Reference interface: EcOps / Producer.
Subdomain owner
Scope: Cell.
Accountable for the subdomain and its approval decisions.
Reference interface: Producer.
Data product owner
Scope: Product.
Owns purpose, contract, versions, publication and consumer relationships.
Reference interface: Producer.
Operational steward
Scope: Cell; optionally Hive.
Maintains meaning, classification and quality; reviews requests.
Reference interface: Producer / EcOps.
Coordinating steward
Scope: Hive.
Coordinates stewardship and resolves issues across Cells.
Reference interface: EcOps.
Data engineering
Scope: Cell; optionally Hive.
Builds and maintains reproducible data preparation and delivery.
Reference interface: Producer.
Technical custodian
Scope: Farm.
Operates environments and implements authorised controls.
Reference interface: PlatOps / EcOps.
Consumer
Scope: Product.
Uses data within agreed terms and provides feedback on fitness for purpose.
Reference interface: Consumer.
Scope and limitations
When no subdomain owner is assigned, make the domain owner’s inherited responsibility explicit. A Comb may group permissions without creating a new role. Exact segregation of duties depends on risk and context.
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