Two agencies share a client index but never agreed who owns definitions and quality expectations. Which governance gap should they close first?
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Short Explanation
A shared index with no owner is a potluck where nobody brings the main dish. Someone has to own the definitions and quality bar, or every agency just dumps leftovers into the pile. Name owners first; argue features later.
Full Explanation
Shared master or index datasets fail when no party is accountable for business definitions, acceptance criteria, and issue resolution. Data ownership assigns that accountability across organizational boundaries so stewards and consumers know whom to escalate to. Mergers, deletion, or treating pipelines as owners do not establish decision rights. Closing the ownership gap is a foundational governance fix before tooling or redesign work.