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Task-Allocation Map

A planned map for assigning venture work across founders, hires, contractors, partners, and agents using task characteristics.

Intended use

What this kit is being designed to do

  • Inventory venture work
  • Compare human and agent allocation
  • Make accountability explicit

Business mini-lecture

Delegation without task design creates hidden risk.

As a startup grows, work drifts toward whoever is available, familiar, or cheapest rather than whoever is best suited to own it. A task-allocation map compares tasks by ambiguity, consequence, recoverability, context needs, and frequency before assigning founders, employees, contractors, partners, or agents. It becomes valuable when delegation accelerates and accountability begins to blur.

The proposed capability would inventory work and suggest allocations with explicit reasons. It cannot establish that a particular person or agent is competent, committed, or trusted in practice. Founders must verify the real workflow, protect high-consequence decisions, consider development and relationship costs, and name an accountable owner who remains responsible when delegated work fails.

Operating contract

Inputs, outputs, and gates

Inputs

  • Venture workflow
  • Task failure consequences
  • Team and partner constraints

Outputs

  • Classified task inventory
  • Proposed owner for each task
  • Allocation rationale

Gates

  • Founder confirms the task inventory
  • Founder reviews unrecoverable allocations
  • Founder approves named owners

Known limits

What this record does not promise

  • The kit has not been implemented or field-tested.
  • A task classification cannot establish a person's or agent's actual competence.

Lineage

Where the intended practice comes from

Planned Founder Hub foundation record. Its authoritative source inputs and transformation decisions must be pinned in the implementation evidence packet.

Lineage explains provenance; it does not substitute for a review record, field evidence, or a versioned implementation.