by Rob Malcolm | Jul 22, 2026 | Glossary
Governance Ownership involves being accountable for maintaining governance that is visible, coherent, relevant, effective, and aligned with purpose, ethics, the actual situation, and expected outcomes. It prevents governance from turning into a fragmented collection...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 22, 2026 | Glossary
Informed Judgement is the practical use of evidence, experience, context, diverse perspectives, and ethical reasoning to decide and act under uncertainty. It recognises that decisions cannot always wait for complete information or perfect certainty. People must...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 22, 2026 | Glossary
Ethics is the discipline of deciding what ought to be done by considering purpose, affected stakeholders, foreseeable consequences, and the boundaries that should not be crossed. Ethics is more than complying with laws, policies, or professional standards. An action...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 6, 2026 | Glossary
Kanban Architecture is architecture pulled by need, not pushed by function. It makes governed architectural knowledge available at the point of work, in the form people need to address the problem in front of them. Kanban: A pull-based method originating in the Toyota...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 6, 2026 | Glossary
A value stream is the end-to-end journey through which a need becomes an outcome for a customer, stakeholder or beneficiary. It connects work that may cross several teams, decisions, systems and organisational boundaries. Unlike a business process, which explains how...
by Rob Malcolm | Jul 6, 2026 | Glossary
Stewardship is the responsible care of something entrusted to us—a capability, relationship, institution, place or shared future. It recognises that having authority or use today does not give us an unlimited right to consume, neglect or diminish what others will...