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I took it to mean clearly delineated responsibilities (i.e. who gets blamed when a part / aspect doesn't work).

If there are unclear boundaries between responsibilities, things will fall through the gaps when one group assumes another will take care of something.

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Furthermore, when people are held responsible for quality completion of a task, they are often more driven to achieve the task at-quality. This must be balanced with not over-taxing them, but that's a given.

Correct!

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