Business operations concept · updated August 8, 2026
Decision Rights
Decision rights are the explicit assignment of who has authority to make a specific type of decision, as distinct from who is merely consulted about it.
Example
A defined rule that a project owner, not a senior leader by default, decides on minor scope clarifications within an agreed budget.
Why it matters
When decision rights are implicit, decisions default to whoever is most senior or most available, regardless of who is actually best positioned to decide, which slows work down.
Limits and cautions
Clear decision rights do not mean less collaboration. Input from others can still be structured and welcomed; the clarity is about who has final say.
Relevance to Stelaah
Stelaah's permission model reflects role-based authority so a workspace can express who decides what, where supported.
This connection describes product intent, not a guarantee that every plan or workflow supports every related capability.