[Verse 1] Sarah thinks she owns the budget call While Marcus signs the checks each fall The project waits in limbo's hall As months dissolve like morning fog Who holds the key? The question's tall When three hands claim the same catalog [Chorus] Unclear decision rights - who's steering? Competing priorities - gears grinding Structural ambiguity - maps misleading Ownership gaps - orphaned processes Cultural avoidance - complexity breeding Five dysfunctions that keep systems bleeding [Verse 2] Marketing screams for feature bloom While engineering guards perfection's room One pushes fast, one demands no gloom The product splits like fractured stone Both departments claim they own the loom Yet neither weaves what users need alone [Chorus] Unclear decision rights - who's steering? Competing priorities - gears grinding Structural ambiguity - maps misleading Ownership gaps - orphaned processes Cultural avoidance - complexity breeding Five dysfunctions that keep systems bleeding [Verse 3] The org chart shows a perfect tree But work flows sideways, wild and free Department walls that none can see Block handoffs in the murky space Between teams lies nobody's key Lost processes without a trace [Bridge] Rather than choose we add more rules Stack layers like building blocks for fools Complexity masks the harder truth That trade-offs cut like surgeon's proof Stop avoiding, start deciding Clear the fog that keeps us hiding [Chorus] Unclear decision rights - who's steering? Competing priorities - gears grinding Structural ambiguity - maps misleading Ownership gaps - orphaned processes Cultural avoidance - complexity breeding Five dysfunctions that keep systems bleeding [Outro] Before the systems can align First the thinking must define Who decides and who owns what Clean the tangle, cut the knot
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