Capital allocation governance: Target operating model and decision rights

Design the operating model for capital allocation: committee, portfolio office, floors, stage gates, re-approval, benefit owners, and an approval matrix.

Asset IDSTX-A0135

CategoryOperating Model, Org and Systems Design

TierRead and Download

Prepared byStratenity Advisory Team

Executive summary

A method for designing who decides what in capital allocation, and how decisions stay honest after approval.

What is inside

What the operating model covers

The asset takes the approved option and walks a design lead through forums, roles, envelopes, gates, benefit ownership, the approval matrix, incentives, and a critique. It includes an operating model canvas, an approval matrix, and a role map, with a worked synthetic case.

Turning an approved governance design into working roles and forums
The capital committee, portfolio office, and division capital owners
Floors, the contestable pool, and the sustaining envelope
Stage gates and re-approval on overrun or benefit slippage

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How to use it

How teams use it

Teams use it in the first month after the board approves the governance option. Finance, treasury, divisions, the project office, and HR design together; a critique panel tests scenarios; the CFO signs and the board approves the delegation changes.

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Stratenity Advisory Team. (2026). Capital allocation governance: Target operating model and decision rights. Stratenity Library. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/operating-model-design/capital-allocation-governance-target-operating-model-and-decision-rights

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Capital allocation governance: Target operating model and decision rights." Stratenity Library, 2026, www.stratenity.com/resources/library/operating-model-design/capital-allocation-governance-target-operating-model-and-decision-rights.

Stratenity Advisory Team. "Capital allocation governance: Target operating model and decision rights." Stratenity Library, 2026. https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/operating-model-design/capital-allocation-governance-target-operating-model-and-decision-rights.

Stratenity Advisory Team (2026) Capital allocation governance: Target operating model and decision rights. Stratenity Library. Available at: https://www.stratenity.com/resources/library/operating-model-design/capital-allocation-governance-target-operating-model-and-decision-rights (Accessed: the date of access).

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Capital allocation governance: Target operating model and decision rights

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