There is an alternative problem where there is no strong ownership in place, but code that should be changed doesn't get fixed or updated because nobody owns it

There is an alternative problem where there is no strong ownership in place, but code that should be changed doesn't get fixed or updated because nobody owns it. To get back to the point that I was trying to emphasize, a big problem with software development organizations is that often they do not own their software development process, making it essentially out of anybody's control. I guess in a scenario like that upper-level management (e.g. the CEO) could try to take ownership of the process, but that's unlikely to ever work out well.