For Board
Decisions this role usually owns
- • How much risk to take
- • How often to review
- • When to release the next investment
Common mistakes
- • Governance theater
- • Risk externalization
When conditions change
- • When conditions say slow down, review more often
- • When they say speed up, delegate more
Recommended tools
Decision Rights Toolkit
Assign one owner and one escalation point for each critical call.
Artifact: Decision rights matrix with an escalation ladder and a weekly review slot.
Launch Gates Toolkit
Make the go or no-go call, and name who owns each deferred risk and the rollback.
Artifact: Signed go/no-go note linked to gate scorecard and rollback owner.