governance

Journey Governance Framework Skill

When to Use

• Standing up or refreshing journey councils and review cadences.
• Coordinating multi-team initiatives that impact customer experience.
• Preparing executive updates or compliance reviews tied to journey changes.

Framework

1. Ownership Model – define RACI across CX strategist, product, marketing, CS, ops, and exec sponsors.
2. Cadences – set quarterly journey reviews, monthly initiative standups, and weekly execution syncs.
3. Documentation – maintain living journey maps, backlog tracker, decision log, and KPI dashboards.
4. Change Control – outline approval steps, testing requirements, and communication plans for journey changes.
5. Measurement & Accountability – set KPIs per initiative, assign owners, and track progress vs targets.

Templates

• Governance charter (mission, scope, roles, cadences, tooling).
• Decision log (request, decision, rationale, owner, follow-up date).
• KPI dashboard outline for exec reviews.

Tips

• Pair governance reviews with updated VOC and telemetry so decisions stay grounded in customer data.
• Keep documentation in a shared workspace with version history.
• Rotate spotlight sections in reviews to feature wins, experiments, and unresolved risks.

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