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# Context
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The majority of software development projects in the company are distributed
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globally. The company is considering to leverage InnerSource to make the
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required collaboration more efficient. However, most managers are not familiar
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with the Open Source working model and are instead accustomed to hierarchical,
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top-down control style management. The idea of InnerSource is very popular with
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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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The company is considering to leverage InnerSource to make the required
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collaboration more efficient. However, most managers are not familiar with the
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Open Source working model and are instead accustomed to hierarchical, top-down
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control style management. The idea of InnerSource is very popular with software
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developers in the company, not the least because many developers use or are
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actively developing Open Source software.
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# Forces
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accompany the experiment with appropriate metrics (**tbd: Pattern link**). If
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the projects in the experiment don't provide a direct impact on the companies
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revenue, consider introducing [Cross Team
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Valuation](crossteam-project-valuation.md) to highlight its value contribution.
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Valuation](https://github.com/paypal/InnerSourcePatterns/blob/rrrutledge-patch-3/crossteam-project-valuation.md)
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to highlight its value contribution.
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# Resulting Context
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Finally, starting as an experiment makes it much easier to bend and adapt the
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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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- Robert Bosch GmbH
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# Author
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- Georg Grütter (Robert Bosch GmbH)

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