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- # Title
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+ ## Title
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Start as an Experiment
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- # Patlet
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+ ## Patlet
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- Start your InnerSource initiative as a time limited experiment to make it
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- easier for managers unfamiliar with InnerSource to endorse and support the
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+ Start your InnerSource initiative as a time limited experiment to make it
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+ easier for managers unfamiliar with InnerSource to endorse and support the
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initiative.
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- # Problem
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+ ## Problem
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- An InnerSource initiative is considered but not started because management is
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- unsure about its outcome and, as a result, is not willing to commit to an
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+ An InnerSource initiative is considered but not started because management is
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+ unsure about its outcome and, as a result, is not willing to commit to an
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investment.
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- # Context
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+ ## Context
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The company is considering to leverage InnerSource to increase the efficiency
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of collaboration on software projects. However, most managers are not familiar
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software developers in the company, not the least because many developers use
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or are actively developing Open Source software.
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- # Forces
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+ ## Forces
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- Managers will want to validate the claims of improved collaboration through
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InnerSource before making a long term investment. This usually involves
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control related regulations in large corporations with multiple legal
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entities in multiple countries.
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- # Solution
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+ ## Solution
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Declare the InnerSource initiative as a time limited experiment. Define and
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communicate the criteria for projects to join the InnerSource experiment. The
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- criteria should be chosen such that they maximize the chances of building a
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+ criteria should be chosen such that they maximize the chances of building a
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healthy InnerSource community around the selected InnerSource projects. They
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- should also help to ensure that the setting of the projects is such that they
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- can later be used to gain externally valid insights into the effects of
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+ should also help to ensure that the setting of the projects is such that they
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+ can later be used to gain externally valid insights into the effects of
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applying InnerSource. Examples for such criteria are
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- Sufficient geographical distribution of developers
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introducing [ Cross Team Valuation] ( crossteam-project-valuation.md ) to highlight
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their value contributions.
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- # Resulting Context
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+ ## Resulting Context
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Managers are able to kick start InnerSource for the following reasons:
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- Even in case of a failure, the setup ensures that the company will learn from
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the experiment.
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- In case of success, the data gathered during the experiment will allow
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- managers to make a longer lasting commitment to InnerSource.
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+ managers to make a longer lasting commitment to InnerSource.
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Participants in the InnerSource experiment are now conscious of the fact that
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they have to prove to management that InnerSource yields the promised benefits.
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- It will therefore help to focus work on those activites which provide the most
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+ It will therefore help to focus work on those activities which provide the most
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demonstrable value thus increasing the chances of success.
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Finally, starting as an experiment makes it much easier to sidestep regulations
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and forces such as tool and process policies which could decrease the chances
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of success.
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- # Related Patterns
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+ ## Related Patterns
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- _ Trial Run_ (from the book [ _ Fearless
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Change_ ] ( http://www.fearlesschangepatterns.com/ ) )
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- # Known Instances
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+ ## Known Instances
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- Robert Bosch GmbH (globally distributed software development)
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- # Author
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+ ## Status
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- - Georg Grütter (Robert Bosch GmbH)
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+ Proven
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- # Status
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+ ## Author
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- Proven Pattern
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+ - Georg Grütter (Robert Bosch GmbH)
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- # Acknowledgements
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+ ## Acknowledgements
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- Jason Zink (Robert Bosch GmbH)
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- Diogo Fregonese (Robert Bosch GmbH)
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