I am starting to explore words/phrases other than "ownership" to convey a sense of "looking after a thing in a healthy way":
- custodian / custodianship
- curator / curation
- caretaker / caretaking
This is in the context of long-lived software-enriched services (online IT/software services, legal services, accounting services, HR services, etc.) and emphasizing the need for long-term care, not short-term "throw the feature over the fence".
Suggestions?
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- shepherd / tending to
- cultivator / cultivating
- organizer / Tidying up
- supporter / supporting
- observer / watching over
- watch person / watching
- gardener / gardening
- cleaner / cleaning
- nourisher / nourishing
- host / hosting
- producer / producing
- nurturer / nurturing
- advocate / advocating
- caregiver/ fostering
- encourager / encouraging
- supporter / advancing
- proprietor / caretaking
- proprietor/ maintaining
- caretaker / caring
- keeper / holding
