Opening Silos in Big Brilliant Corporations Part 1

https://github.com/bbc/silos

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Dunbar's number

Dunbar's number Robin Dunbar

Dunbar's number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number
of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. Numbers larger than this generally require more restrictive rules, laws, and enforced norms to maintain a stable, cohesive group. It has been proposed to lie between 100 and 250, with a commonly used value of 150.

Solved?

Technical solution?

software A cares about software B

team A cares about team B software A cares about
software B

person A cares about person B software A cares about
software B team A cares about team B

Spectrum

Control Safety Strictness Rules Innovation Risk New Tech Freedom

Reuse is hard work!

8.3 The functional performance of any “configurable” or reusable element
must be independent of it’s embedment in any particular architecture.

✉ { "head": [ "<link ... />", "<link ... />",
"<meta ... />,", "<script ... />" ], "bodyInline": "<p>Some HTML here</p>", "bodyLast": [ "<script>alert('script A');</script>", "<script>alert('script B');</script>" ] } <html> <head> <link ... /> <meta ... /> <script ... /> </head> <body> <p>Some HTML here</p> <script>alert('script A');</script> <script>alert('script B');</script> </html> Envelope format

Reuse depends on Structure

Conway’s law

Conway’s law Melvin Conway

...organizations which design systems, are constrained to produce designs which
are copies of the communication structures of these organizations

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Opening Silos in Big Brilliant Corporations Part 1

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Silos

https://github.com/bbc/silos

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20,000 BBC 1,300 D&E 120 UX&D

20,000 BBC 1,300 D&E 120 UX&D Google

IBM

Dunbar's number

Dunbar's number Robin Dunbar

Dunbar's number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number

Solved?

Reuse

Technical solution?

software A cares about software B

software A cares about software B

team A cares about team B software A cares about

team A cares about team B software A cares about

person A cares about person B software A cares about

Spectrum

Control Safety Strictness Rules Innovation Risk New Tech Freedom

Control Safety Strictness Rules Innovation Risk New Tech Freedom

Reuse is hard work!

8.3 The functional performance of any “configurable” or reusable element

✉ { "head": [ "<link ... />", "<link ... />",

Reuse depends on Structure

Conway’s law

Conway’s law Melvin Conway

...organizations which design systems, are constrained to produce designs which

bbc.com/gel @BBCGEL @tsoukn @joehart