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title: "Module Overview: Governance"
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summary: "Policies, boundaries, and standards that keep systems coherent at scale."
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# Module Overview: Governance

Goals:
- Define architectural policies (layers, dependencies, data access)
- Encode standards as validation rules
- Establish ownership and escalation paths

Estimated time: 45–75 minutes

Checklist:
- Policy rules defined and validated
- Ownership boundaries clear
- Exceptions documented with rationale
