Deep Battle Cards F–J
F — Readiness vs Discovery & Business Alignment
Readiness: ability/capacity to adopt governance. Inputs include maturity evidence, culture/change resistance, collaboration patterns and business-alignment capacity. Output = readiness findings/gaps.
Discovery: current practices/issues/risks/benefits and governance requirements tied to business value. Output = prioritized requirements/business-case evidence.
Deciding: “Can we adopt?” vs “What must we solve/why?”
G — Charter vs Operating Framework vs Roadmap vs Operational-Success Plan
| Artifact | Job |
|---|---|
| Charter | strategic mandate/context — WHY |
| Framework | bodies/accountabilities/interactions — WHO/HOW |
| Roadmap | time/dependencies/rollout — WHEN |
| Operational success | sustainable target-state operation — STAY |
Scenario clues: nobody knows who approves policy → Framework; nobody knows launch sequence → Roadmap; governance dies after project funding → Operational Success/sustainability weak.
H — Organizational Change Management vs Communication
Communication tells. OCM changes and sustains behavior.
OCM includes sponsor/stakeholder work, Awareness-Desire-Knowledge-Ability-Reinforcement, training, communications, policy/process/SDLC integration, feedback, incentives/KPIs and reinforcement.
Trap: more newsletters do not fix conflicting incentives or lack of ability.
I — Issue Management vs Regulatory Compliance Assessment
| Issue Management | Compliance Assessment |
|---|---|
| broad governance conflict/problem | specific external obligation |
| log/track/prioritize/options/facilitate/resolve/escalate | applicability/controls/evidence/monitoring/penalties/reporting/remediation |
| output = decision/action/escalation record | output = defensible compliance requirements/evidence/remediation |
A regulatory nonconformance can become an issue; choose based on the primary question.
J — Governance Capability vs Governance Tooling
Governance capability: authority, accountability, policy, stewardship, decision rights, issue paths, culture, measurement.
Tooling: website/publishing, glossary repository, workflow, document management, scorecards.
Deciding test: Could the governance capability exist manually through people/process? Yes. Can software create accountable decision rights by itself? No.
Scenario: roles/policies/issues exist but tracking is manual → governance exists; tooling may help. Expensive platform exists but nobody owns decisions → tooling without governance.
Memory: Tools carry governance; they do not constitute governance.
Source anchors: Chapter 3 pp. 81–95.