Owning an outcome does not require personally performing every coordination task; the division of work should fit the team.
What to look for
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Clarify who is accountable for the result and who performs each input.
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Avoid defining a role only through its meeting or ticket-writing habits.
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Look at the operating context before borrowing another company’s practice.
Keep in mind
A historical personal account of Facebook teams. It does not establish a company-wide or current operating standard.
Try this next
For one upcoming release, assign the necessary decisions, coordination, implementation, and observation work explicitly instead of relying on job-title assumptions.
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