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Execution Function Mapping (EFM)

Authority, Responsibility, and Execution — Explicitly Mapped

Execution Function Mapping (EFM) is a governance capability that formally maps who is responsible, who is authorized, and who may execute across operational and mission workflows.

EFM exists to eliminate ambiguity in execution by ensuring that authority boundaries are explicitly defined before actions occur, not inferred after outcomes are challenged.

EFM does not automate decisions.
It defines the human responsibility structure that governed execution depends on.

Execution Function Mapping (EFM)
Different execution systems. One explicit authority spine.
EFM visualizes how authority flows from governance to execution—linking systems like Beacon Authority Ledger, Keystone Governance, SAM-D, and SPEAR to a shared, human-defined responsibility structure.

The Problem EFM Solves

In complex organizations, execution fails not because systems are broken — but because responsibility and authority are misaligned.

Common failure modes include:

  • Roles defined informally or inconsistently across organizations
  • Delegated authority that exists in policy but not in execution workflows
  • Automation operating without clear responsibility ownership
  • Post-hoc disputes over “who was allowed to do what”

EFM addresses this problem by formally mapping execution functions to human roles, authority scopes, and accountability boundaries before execution begins.

What Execution Function Mapping Does

EFM creates a structured, inspectable map of execution responsibilities by:

  • Identifying execution functions required within a workflow
  • Mapping each function to designated human roles
  • Defining authority boundaries and approval thresholds
  • Clarifying responsibility vs execution vs oversight
  • Preserving mappings as versioned governance artifacts

These mappings become the reference model that governed execution systems rely on.

Authority Boundaries (Governance Contract)

What EFM May Do

  • Define and document execution responsibilities
  • Map roles to authority scopes
  • Preserve accountability structures over time
  • Provide reference models for governed automation

What EFM May NOT Do

  • Make decisions
  • Approve actions
  • Execute changes
  • Override human authority

All authority remains vested in designated human roles.

Core EFM Capabilities

  • Execution function definition
  • Role and responsibility mapping
  • Authority boundary specification
  • Delegation scope modeling
  • Versioned responsibility artifacts
  • Traceability between roles and actions
  • Human-retained decision enforcement

EFM produces governance artifacts, not operational outputs.

How EFM Fits the Phantom Ecosystem

EFM functions as the structural authority map that the rest of the ecosystem relies on.

Supporting Keystone Governance

  • Provides the responsibility framework used to authorize execution
  • Ensures change control aligns to formally defined roles
  • Prevents execution outside assigned authority scopes

Supporting Beacon Authority Ledger (B.A.L.)

  • Supplies authority mappings used to evaluate decision legitimacy
  • Anchors decisions to predefined responsibility structures
  • Preserves accountability context over time

Supporting SAM-D

  • Aligns agreement reviews and approvals to defined functional roles
  • Prevents informal or out-of-scope approvals
  • Supports defensible agreement execution

Supporting Phantom Stack

  • Enables orchestration without authority inference
  • Ensures automation references human-defined responsibility models
  • Prevents workflow execution from exceeding governance boundaries

Who EFM Is For

Operational & Governance Roles

  • Program and portfolio managers
  • Functional leads and approving authorities
  • Governance and compliance teams
  • Enterprise architects and process owners

Organizations

  • Defense and national security organizations
  • Federal and public sector agencies
  • Regulated enterprises with audit obligations
  • Organizations operating at scale with role complexity

Ecosystem Principle

Execution may scale — authority must not drift.

Execution Function Mapping ensures that governed automation operates within known responsibility structures, preserving accountability even as systems, personnel, and missions change.

Relationship to Other Products

EFM is not a standalone automation product.
It is a governance capability used across Keystone Governance, Beacon Authority Ledger, SAM-D, and Phantom Stack.

It exists to answer one question, consistently and defensibly:

“Who was responsible and authorized to act — before the action occurred?”

Status

EFM is a foundational governance capability within the Phantom Ecosystem and is evaluated as part of governed execution and authority-preservation workflows.