Pattern
Burden Payer and Burden Imposer matrix
Show who requires work, who performs it, who pays, who benefits, who waits, and who can change it. The matrix exposes cost shifting and the party able to remove the cause, but it does not settle the policy choice, because different parties may have sound reasons for the same work.
Inputs
One work unit and the parties connected to it.
Method
Record the imposer, executor, payer, beneficiary, delay bearer, failure bearer, and change authority. Add evidence for each assignment.
Output
A matrix that exposes cost shifting and the party able to remove the cause.
Boundary
Different parties may have sound reasons for the same work. The map does not settle the policy choice.
Stop
Stop a local optimization when it reduces one party's burden by increasing total burden.