These commitments sound simple, but they are where most transformations succeed or fail. Teams follow the system leaders use every week. If leaders switch back to fragmented channels during pressure, fragmentation returns immediately.

Terms like priority, blocked, at risk, and complete must mean the same thing across product, operations, growth, and leadership. If each function interprets status differently, cross-functional work becomes negotiation instead of execution.

Most stacks are built around functions, not outcomes. CRM optimizes sales workflow. PM tools optimize task flow. Analytics optimizes data views. None inherently optimize company-level result delivery across functions.