RE: [AM] Sharing information across the enterprise

Paul Oldfield wrote; 

There still needs to be some overall vision toward which
all projects are progressing, and the degree to which
this is derived internally or supplied from outside will
probably be determined by the degree of business
awareness held within the team of teams.  The more
abstract the goal that is handed down from above, the
more potential for agility there will be when working to 
fulfil that goal.

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I agree that a strong vision and abstract top-down goals are essential.


Generally the success of an individual project has been determined by
how well its requirements were met.  However the larger enterprise is
better served if great care was taken to determine what will be "best"
for the enterprise and how the individual project fits within the larger
community of projects prior to the projects start.  This is not to say
bottom up projects don't provide great value, or that only the
authoritative enterprise knows what is best.  Instead I am proposing
that collaboration between the projects and the enterprise is essential
for automation to continually add value.

Two side-effects from automation are driving individual projects into
collaboration with the enterprise;

1- Many software solutions solve a problem for its users but create
problems when commingled with other software. 
2- Some enterprises are looking to move from reactive development to
proactive management in such a way that makes IT an equal partner in
long term planning. 

We are well beyond developing software to solve a discrete business
problem.  It is so common and so easy to apply software that we now
compete for data ownership, realms of responsibility, and money right
along with other parts of the enterprise.  (Consider the loss of
control, funding, and head-count an HR department has to cope with when
employees are provided a self-service portal.)  

It is possible for an enterprise to benefit from Agility much as
individual projects have; the only difference being the focus and scope
need to be equally outward facing as they have been inward focused.

--Stephen

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