# Assign Owner

> A technique for recording a named owner for each module, risk or rule, who decides on its changes.

Record: `lexicon:assign-owner`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-assign-owner

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Deprecation Plan](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deprecation-plan.md) and before [Severity Classification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/severity-classification.md).

## Category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## Refactors

- [Big Ball of Mud](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/big-ball-of-mud.md)
- [Shared Mutable State](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/shared-mutable-state.md)
- [Unowned Risk](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/unowned-risk.md)
- [Lava Flow](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/lava-flow.md)
- [Decentralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/decentralization.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)