In order to collaborate, you'll need an organi...

2011-12-09T08:57:38.133-05:00

In order to collaborate, you'll need an organization that is receptive to it. You need leadership and culture who both want to share information and work together. You really need a champion at a very high level who has a focus on organizational level collaboration, in order to make this stick. You need to go above the department level.

One specific thing I've seen work is have an organizational level (portfolio) Kanban. It was in a common area where all departments could see where their projects were in the value stream. Once all departments could see all of the work and where they fit into the big picture, more honest conversations could take place about what work addressed organizational needs more than departmental needs.

Oh that was me! Thanks for the reply. It still lea...

2011-12-08T11:32:03.872-05:00

Oh that was me! Thanks for the reply. It still leaves me with one tricky question though. How do you facilitate the entire organisation collaborating? What kind of events, forums or organisational change can help? Right now in my situation departmental walls are pretty high and I can see a lot of time is being wasted by not working together. I guess the answer depends on specific issues but any ideas would be a great help.

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