The product owner should verify evidence against: Who should own the next handoff?
The product owner must verify evidence against its criteria before the governance committee considers authorization.
The question
In a research-administration project, the developer runs validation tests, the product owner defines acceptance criteria, and the governance committee authorizes release. The developer reports passing results, but no one has independently checked whether the evidence addresses every criterion. Who should own the next handoff?
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- Operations should accept the system because deployment staff will manage its routine use.Operations may support use, but the scenario assigns criteria verification to the product owner before governance authorization.
- The product owner should verify evidence against the defined acceptance criteria. ✓Because the product owner defined the criteria, that role should confirm evidence coverage before the governance committee makes the release decision.
- The governance committee should rewrite acceptance criteria after reviewing the developer’s results.The committee authorizes release, but rewriting criteria after results appear weakens the predefined acceptance process and changes the stated role allocation.
- The developer should authorize release after documenting the validation results.The developer can supply evidence, but the stated roles reserve release authorization for the governance committee and criteria ownership for the product owner.
The trap
Map each handoff to the role that owns the relevant artifact, while preserving independent release authority. How to remember it
The product owner must verify evidence against its criteria before the governance committee considers authorization.
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