Base120 · Systems

Governance Patterns

SY · Systems

Design decision rights, accountability structures, and coordination mechanisms

Model code
SY11
Transformation
SY (Systems) — Identify leverage points, feedback structures, and emergent dynamics in whole systems.
Priority
11 of 20
Framework
HUMMBL Base120 — 120 mental models across 6 transformations

When to use

"Use when designing how decisions are made in a system. Specify who has decision rights, who is accountable, and how coordination happens. Governance patterns determine whether the system can act coherently."

Example

"A microservices architecture needs a governance pattern — who decides service boundaries, who owns API contracts, how are breaking changes coordinated. Without governance, services proliferate and contracts drift. With governance, the architecture evolves coherently."

Common misuse

"Governance that is all process and no decision. A governance pattern that requires 5 committees to approve a change produces paralysis. Governance should enable decisions, not prevent them."

Also known as

Governance DesignDecision Rights

Related models

SY4CO17RE20