Ownership Governance
Assigning “Compliance” as the owner of an engineering change is how dates slip forever. Effective programs separate accountable executive, delivery owner, and evidence custodian—and write those roles into the tracker fields.
Timeline assurance checks whether status comments match release tickets and change records. Optimistic narratives without artefacts are a program design failure, not a communication preference.
Escalation paths need teeth: overdue P1 items should surface to a fixed forum with decision rights, not another status-only meeting.