Integrations Inventory and Attributes - Ownership and Stakeholder attributes for the Integrations Inventory
Integrations Inventory and Attributes
Chapter 11. Ownership and Stakeholder attributes for the Integrations Inventory
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Core Concepts
| Concept | Definition & Strategic Role |
|---|---|
| Accountable Party | Accountable Party records whether the Source side, Target side, middleware team, or shared integration platform team owns the integration wire and escalation path. |
| Distributed Accountability | Integration accountability often crosses organizational boundaries, so the inventory must capture the practical ownership agreement rather than assume a single universal owner. |
Quick Q&A
Question: Why is integration ownership difficult to model?
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Ownership and Stakeholder attributes identify who is accountable for each Integration and how that accountability is distributed between the source and target sides.
| Attribute Name | Maturity | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Accountable Party | Walk | Description — Which side of the integration is accountable when something goes wrong: the Source entity owner, the Target entity owner, or a shared/middleware team. Integration ownership is rarely assigned to a single individual — accountability is negotiated between the entities the integration connects. Benefit(s) — Provides a practical, answerable governance attribute for integration accountability without requiring an organizationally unrealistic single owner. Makes escalation paths explicit for incident response. Source — Manual. Examples — Source, Target, Shared (Middleware Team), Shared (Integration Platform Team) Notes — Source and Target entity owners are derivable from their respective Noun Type inventories — they are not duplicated here. Accountable Party records only the agreement about who owns the integration wire itself. |
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