Merge pull request #47 from InnerSourceCommons/pattern/overcoming-project-management-time-pressures

pattern/overcoming-project-management-time-pressures

Author: lenucksi

patterns/1-initial/overcoming-project-management-time-pressures.md

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+**Title:** Time Constraints Hamper Inner Source Progress  
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+**Statement of Problem:**  Project management believes that timeline pressures and feature content commitments do not allow Developers to spend the time needed to develop shareable, reusable code and provide support. As a result, there is currently no code available for reuse, and Developers are writing redundant code.
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+**Context:** Customer deadlines and delivery commitments for feature content do not change.  
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+**Forces:**
+- Aggressive roadmaps for delivery
+- Project management concern that engagement will lead to missed deadlines 
+- Project management concern that Code contribution and/or mentoring may lead to dilution of subject matter expert time spent on their own projects (other teams may require their time).
++ Elimination of rewriting common code saves time (write once, use many times)
++ Crowd-based testing and debugging saves time (and improves quality)
++ The collaboration and synergy of inner sourcing can generate new, innovative features  .
++ Test Driven Development could mitigate some of the above forces
+
+**Resolution:** 
+- Known pattern: temporary fork by product team, merging changes back later to component team
+- Known anti-pattern: surreptitious temporary fork, no communication
+- New Pattern: Pre-pull request (prior to release), to ensure component team has buy-in, to avoid breakage for temporary fork
+- Allocate time into Development sprint/release schedules to allow for inner sourcing
+- Provide education to product owners and Development leads regarding time saving benefits of Inner Source
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+**Resulting Context:** Time is allotted in the schedule for inner sourcing. Less duplicative development due to availability of reusable code. (No negative impact on customer deadlines or content delivery commitments.)
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+**Authors:**  
+- Tim Yao
+- Nick Stahl
+- Guy Martin
+- Michael Dorner
+- Erin Bank
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+**Status:** Draft Pattern