
Five-stage handoffs · accountability
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Build ownership into Identify, Plan, Schedule, Execute, and Close Out, then reinforce it through supervisor standard work.
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If Planner owns everything, planning is already broken
The planner should own the plan — not the identification, not the execution, not the review. When one role carries too many A's, they become the bottleneck and nothing moves without them.
If Supervisor owns execution without support, the schedule will collapse
The supervisor needs a planned schedule, kitted parts, and available labor. Without upstream support, they're not supervising — they're firefighting.
If Manager gets dragged into every handoff, the system does not trust itself
When the manager is in every meeting, approving every work order, and making every priority call, the system has no operating rhythm. The manager's job is to build the system and step back.
Two sides of accountability

Five-stage handoffs · accountability
Build ownership into Identify, Plan, Schedule, Execute, and Close Out, then reinforce it through supervisor standard work.

Role clarity · dependency
Recognize when unclear ownership routes every decision back to one leader and design that dependency out.
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