Departments: From Control to Support
Explore how to integrate departmental functions into agile projects by shifting their role from control to support. Understand communication flows and organizational challenges to foster collaboration and improve project outcomes in large companies.
Sometimes it’s the headwind,
which carries you higher and further.
– German proverb
Organizational structure as a source of the problem
Large companies often run large projects. The organizational structure of the companies habitually forces the projects to be run in a specific way, which gives rise to various problems. A common philosophy regarding this situation is:
If you cannot change the organization, change organizations. ... ...