Block boundaries, top-down budget contracts, integration milestones, and ownership models that prevent late-stage closure chaos.
Start with the topic hub to learn the integration contract.
Use mechanism and reports pages to connect contract to metrics.
Use debug and worked-example pages for war-room readiness.
Close with checklist and PPA impact before closure signoff.
block-budget-contracts/ — Block Budget Contracts
hierarchy-abstraction-boundaries/ — Hierarchy Abstraction Boundaries
integration-milestones/ — Integration Milestones
ownership-risk-matrix/ — Ownership & Risk Matrix
Budget and ownership contracts are technical artifacts, not PM slides.
HIERARCHY CONTRACT FLOW
partition -> block budget -> owner signoff -> integration checkpointBUDGET RISK TREND
open risks ████████
owned fixes ███████
unowned risks ██budget delta dashboard
ownership matrix
milestone health report
risk register
A timing overrun was solved only after budget ownership moved from shared to single-threaded.
Validate contract revision
Check owner signatures
Audit milestone readiness
Ask: what baseline, owner, and artifact prove this topic is truly closed?