WARNING: Planning-system product ownership can mask a parameter-ownership gap

Companies are creating product-owner and planning-system-lead roles to govern roadmaps, integrations and user needs. A gap remains when nobody owns the business parameters that drive the system’s recommendations.

Decisions exposed

• forecast settings;
• safety stock and service targets;
• capacity constraints;
• planning horizons;
• exception thresholds.

What leaders should monitor

• separation of technical and business ownership;
• named owner for each critical parameter;
• approval and effective dates;
• change history and rollback;
• alignment between product roadmap and planning policy.

Sources: J&J Technical Product Owner — Plan and Planning System Lead.