dutiesproject

DutiesProject is an open-source framework and repository of resources designed to model, document, and analyze the duties and responsibilities associated with organizational roles. It provides a standardized approach to capture tasks, authority, accountability, and expectations across units.

The project aims to support job design, compliance, workforce planning, and governance by enabling role-to-duty mapping, versioning, auditing, and change history. It is designed for use by human resources, compliance teams, and organizational analysts.

DutiesProject offers a flexible data model that represents duties, roles, and dependencies, along with an API, a web-based editor, and visualization tools. It emphasizes interoperability with existing systems through common data formats and extensible plug-ins.

Governance is community-driven and open to contributors under an open-source license. The project maintains contribution guidelines, a code of conduct, issue tracking, and design proposals to coordinate development and ensure stability.

History and adoption: origin in the early 2020s as a collaboration among researchers and practitioners; initial release in 2022; later integrations with HR information systems and policy management tools. Organizations in education, non-profit, and private sectors have piloted the framework.

Reception centers on transparency, consistency, and reusability of role definitions. Critics point to the learning curve and data governance requirements. Advocates emphasize that clear mapping of duties supports accountability and regulatory alignment.