Softvase governance templates
Governance RACI Matrix
A decision-rights template that clarifies who is responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed across governance activities.
Executive value
Clear accountability, faster decisions, fewer escalations, and better executive visibility into governance responsibilities.
Practitioner value
Provides the fields, roles, workflow steps, and controls needed to operate governance consistently.
Best audience
Executives, governance councils, data owners, stewards, platform teams
Template fields
| Field | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Governance activity | Creates a controlled input for ownership, review, tracking, or decision support. |
| Responsible role | Creates a controlled input for ownership, review, tracking, or decision support. |
| Accountable role | Creates a controlled input for ownership, review, tracking, or decision support. |
| Consulted roles | Creates a controlled input for ownership, review, tracking, or decision support. |
| Informed roles | Creates a controlled input for ownership, review, tracking, or decision support. |
| Decision authority | Creates a controlled input for ownership, review, tracking, or decision support. |
| Escalation path | Creates a controlled input for ownership, review, tracking, or decision support. |
Expandable guidance
Governance stalls when everyone supports governance but no one owns decisions. A RACI removes ambiguity across ownership, stewardship, access, classification, and escalation.
Workflow diagram
Use this as the front-end operating model for intake, review, approval, implementation, and follow-up.
Swimlane view
This view shows how executives, stewards, governance teams, and platform teams participate without role confusion.
Role
Define activity
Map roles
Confirm accountable owner
Review conflicts
Approve RACI
Operate through cadence
Business Owner
Request or approve
Validate business need
Confirm accountability
Approve final decision
Own action
Confirm closure
Data Steward
Review metadata
Check definitions
Validate classification
Log issues
Track status
Update record
Governance Office
Apply standard
Review risk
Resolve conflicts
Escalate if needed
Measure KPI
Publish outcome
Platform Team
Confirm platform fit
Check access
Validate source
Support implementation
Monitor control
Retire if needed
Success measures
Role clarityDecision cycle timeEscalation reductionStewardship participation
Implementation conversation
Use this before launching governance councils, stewardship programs, or platform governance.