Make the decision-owner transition explicit
In this fictional customer-record handover, sales owns customer status until a signed transition note; operations owns it afterward. Accounts continues to own credit limits. No contract right is inferred from those operational roles.
| Data decision | Before transition | During reconciliation | After approved transition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer active status | Sales owner | Sales approves; operations records pending differences | Operations owner |
| Credit-limit correction | Accounts owner | Accounts confirms values | Accounts owner remains |
| Late source correction | Current source owner | Link to affected record and transition status | New owner receives unresolved correction list |
A copy is not a responsibility transfer
Operations has a CSV but the transition note is unsigned. Who approves an active-status correction?
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Under this fixture, sales remains the decision owner. Operations records the correction and obtains sales confirmation until the transition is approved.
This sheet concerns decision ownership, not migration field conversion, privacy entitlement or legal data ownership. Replace roles and transition evidence with the arrangement actually agreed.