SVP-Dept Org Ladder + OrgChart Tool

Follow-on to 2026-08-30_VP-Wrapper-Role-Identity.md — that task retired “Director” for “VP” on CEO direct-reports but left no rung above a chartered sub-dept IC (surfaced when placing a UX article: belongs under IT, but no slot existed between VP-IT and an IC).

Decisions

1. Ladder: CEO → SVP → VP → IC. SVP = CEO’s direct report (renamed from the 2026-08-30 VP-*), VP = a chartered sub-dept reporting to an SVP, IC = individual contributor. Agreed over Dir→VP→CEO — one clean rename, frees “VP” for the rung actually needed.
2. Core/Misc/OrgChart.md is a generated artifact, not a task file — no logs/decisions/Next-Steps inside it, only current state. orgchart (new tool, D:\FSS\Software\Utils\PythonUtils\orgchart\) regenerates its ## Tree fenced block from every Staff file’s name:/reports_to: frontmatter; surrounding prose stays hand-maintained.
3. Tool naming schema (Naming System.md §2): artifacts/tools are nouns, no verb prefix (folder_structure, orgchart); action scripts keep the verb (deploy_astro_site.sh); skills stay hyphenated verb-noun (dept-init). Generate Folder Structure.md renamed folder_structure.md to match its own dev-project name.
4. Skill-Developer (IC) → VP-Skills — Tools sub-dept gets its own VP under SVP-AI instead of an unranked IC.
5. SVP-Strategy/Risks/Offerings: SDC-homed wrapper Staff files, not a new Core dept. No shared cross-business doctrine exists yet to justify a Core anchor (unlike Mktg’s F.A.S.T. methodology, 2026-08-30). Homed in SDC/ (primary business, 2026-08-27) rather than a Core folder or MBR — same wrapper mechanism as SVP-IT/SVP-Mktg, reads the MBR JD too when the task path implies. No dept is CEO-only-managed anymore — Talbot’s Staff/CEO.md stays final say + personal-task owner on Strategy, SVP-Strategy does day-to-day drafting.
6. MBR reframed as absorbed into SDC, not a peer business — matches the 2026-08-27 refocus; Agent-Team.md’s MBR section now reads “absorbed into SDC — subset,” SDC section leads.

What shipped

• 5 Staff files renamed VP-*/Accounting-Director → SVP-* (AI, Processes, IT, Mktg, Accounting); every JOB_DESCRIPTION.md director: field + Staff bullet, Agent-Team.md roster, ai-config/AGENTS.md dept-charter map swept.
• orgchart tool built (uv project + Core/IT/Utils/Custom/orgchart.md registry note), scans the whole vault (not just Core/ — extended after the SDC-homed SVPs would’ve been invisible to a Core-only scan), regenerates OrgChart.md’s tree deterministically. 15 agents in the current tree.
• VP-Skills (Core/AI/Tools/Staff/VP-Skills.md) — promoted from Skill-Developer IC.
• SDC/{Strategy,Risks,Offerings}/Staff/SVP-*.md created; both Strategy JDs’ “CEO IS this dept’s lead” contradiction swept (mission line, staffing scope item, Decisions bullet); Offerings/Risks “TBD” Staff placeholders filled; Agent-Team.md reordered SDC-first, MBR section reframed.
• 2 lessons promoted: concurrent-session collision check (→ ai-config/AGENTS.md Hard Rules) and tool-scan-scope-after-homing-decision (→ this project’s own LESSONS.md).

Commits

• KB vault: 4b85b11, 60969c9, a575858, 9ee588d, 66caddc, 78ca87c
• ~/ai-config: 3ee01a5, 5f096d8, a0cb02b, 9ca8868 (all deployed)
• D:\FSS\Software\Utils\PythonUtils\orgchart (own repo): bab88a4

None pushed.