DECISION LATENCY & ESCALATION PATH MAPPING 

Decision Time Physics 

What Is Decision Latency & Escalation Path Mapping? 

This service measures and maps how long decisions actually take, where escalation stalls, and how decision delay degrades execution outcomes. 

It does not analyze “meeting cadence.” 
It analyzes decision physics: authority, timing, overrides, and stall points. 

Most organizations believe decisions are “made,” but execution stalls because: 

  • authority is unclear 

  • escalation paths are informal or political 

  • decisions loop through re-approval 

  • no thresholds exist for when a decision must be forced 

  • floor reality outpaces governance 

Why This Is Needed 

Decision latency creates: 

  • throughput loss 

  • quality degradation under time pressure 

  • uncontrolled workarounds 

  • cost escalation from delay 

  • missed delivery windows 

  • firefighting cultures 

Dashboards don’t show “time-to-decision” and “time-to-escalation resolution” as control variables—yet they drive outcomes. 

How TJEG Performs the Mapping 

  1. Decision Inventory 
    Identify recurring decisions that control flow, quality, and delivery. 

  1. Authority Reality Mapping 
    Who truly decides vs. who is supposed to decide. 

  1. Latency Measurement 
    How long decisions take by category, and where they stall. 

  1. Escalation Path Reconstruction 
    Where escalation breaks, loops, or is bypassed. 

  1. Decision Control Architecture 
    Define thresholds, decision rights, escalation triggers, and cadence to prevent stall. 

What This Delivers 

  • Decision Map (decision categories tied to execution control) 

  • Authority vs. Responsibility Gap Register 

  • Time-to-Decision Metrics (baseline latency by decision type) 

  • Escalation Stall Points and Override Patterns 

  • Decision Rights + Escalation Architecture (implementation-ready) 

  • Control Cadence Recommendations (executed by client team; TJEG architecture only) 

Who This Is For 

  • Organizations with slow response cycles and chronic “waiting on approval” 

  • Plants/programs where engineering/quality/ops fights decision control 

  • Federal programs with deliverables stalled by governance friction 

  • Leadership teams in conflict over “who owns the call” 

Engagement Characteristics 

  • Rapid deployment; executive-level synthesis 

  • Often pairs with Enterprise Flow Diagnostic or Interface Analysis 

  • Built to reduce stall without creating bureaucracy 

Cost & Commercial Structure 

Fixed-scope engagement. 
Typical range: $20,000 – $55,000 (scope-dependent). 
No contingent fees. No success fees. 

Compliance Boundary 

Operational intelligence and execution architecture only. 
No legal advice. No HR determinations. No financial/valuation services. 
No outcome guarantees. 

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(Leads to intake: decision categories, stall symptoms, stakeholders, urgency)