Accountability Must Match Control
Category: System Integrity
Principle Intent
People and teams can only be accountable for outcomes they have the authority, capability, and resources to influence. Accountability without control breeds frustration and learned helplessness.
How to Apply This Principle
This principle is part of the Entrowise Principles Library and is used in the PPA Method to diagnose recurring delivery problems and develop principle-aligned actions. When this principle is violated, delivery teams often experience recurring symptoms that resist solution because the root cause—the violated principle—is never addressed directly.