Define shared duties: What governance distinction determines whether maintenance is genuinely owned after
A valid handoff assigns roles, authority, resources, escalation, and monitoring across internal and supplier teams.
The question
A media company hands a content-ranking model to production operations. The vendor retains update authority, while operations has user-impact data but no documented escalation route or remediation budget. What governance distinction determines whether maintenance is genuinely owned after handoff?
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- Transfer all technical documentation and incident procedures to operations before handoffDocumentation can improve capability but does not allocate vendor duties or provide authority and funding for remediation.
- Define shared duties, authority, escalation, resources, and monitoring ✓Genuine ownership requires explicit internal and supplier responsibilities, decision authority, escalation, resources, and continuing monitoring.
- Name one operations maintenance ownerNaming an owner does not resolve the vendor’s update authority, escalation route, or remediation resources.
- Require quarterly vendor reports on quality, updates, incidents, and corrective actionsReports provide information but do not establish decision rights, intervention authority, or resources for corrective action.
The trap
Look for decision authority and response resources, not merely a person, documents, or reports. How to remember it
A valid handoff assigns roles, authority, resources, escalation, and monitoring across internal and supplier teams.
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