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Language: en
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In this video segment,
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we'll discuss the types of problems where InnerSource can help.
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We'll do this by presenting a hypothetical,
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yet believable collaboration scenario.
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We'll examine common approaches
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that teams take for this type of situation,
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and both the advantages,
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and the drawbacks, of each approach.
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This conversation will help us to draw
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conclusions and lessons about InnerSource.
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Well, imagine two teams,
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with one producing software that is consumed by another.
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To make it concrete,
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imagine a team producing an API Service
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that a team producing a User Experience consumes.
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At times, to deliver desired features, the Experience
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may need to make a request for new functionality
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from the API.
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Oftentimes, the API will be able to deliver
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this requested functionality.
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No problem.
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However, depending on schedules,
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or other prioritizing constraints,
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there may be times when that new functionality
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can't be delivered right away.
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In this scenario,
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the Experience has a few options they might take.
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The first we'll call "Wait It Out".
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With this approach,
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the Experience does nothing, and simply waits,
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hoping that the API will eventually be able to fill their feature request.
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Now, the advantage is that probably it requires
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the least amount of extra work on the part of the Experience.
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There's a clear drawback though,
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in that, the Experience doesn't get their desired functionality.
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At least, not right away.
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And, depending on future prioritization on the part of the API,
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that feature may not be delivered at all.
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Another approach we'll call "Workaround".
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With this approach, the Experience may do some extra work
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to compensate for the lack of the requested functionality.
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This may be extra work in their own project,
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or they may start up a new project
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that gives them the functionality they were looking for via some other means.
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The benefit here is that the Experience can get what they want,
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when they want it, and by their own effort only.
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No dependency on another team.
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There's some real drawbacks though.
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The Experience has inadvertently signed up
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for the long term burden of maintenance of this new code.
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It's code that oftentimes is not in the domain of their core team competency.
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In addition, other teams of the company that have the same problem,
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are unable to use this specialized, one-off solution.
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And the company as a whole has acquired duplicate code and projects
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in the same problem area that are being worked on in an uncoordinated manner.
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Another approach we'll call "Escalate".
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With "Escalate", the experience doesn't take no for an answer,
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but attempts to influence the API to reconsider
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and prioritize their requested functionality.
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Oftentimes this appeal is made to somebody in the management hierarchy
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of the API.
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It's common for the request to come from someone in the management hierarchy
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of the Experience.
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Let's get the bosses together, have them talk it out.
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The potential advantage is that the Experience can get what it wants,
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when it wants it,
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without needing to maintain the new code long term.
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There are several disadvantages.
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In practice, the process of escalation
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tends to have high friction and take a large amount of time.
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And this time is spent by competent engineers and engineering leaders
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whose time is directed toward the non-productive
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non-engineering task of escalation.
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This process is so time intensive that it doesn't scale.
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A team that attempts to continually advocate for what it needs
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via escalation will simply run out of the time
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and social credibility that it needs to do so.
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This conversation teaches us about InnerSource.
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And that InnerSource is meant to apply to the same type of collaborative situation
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where a team producing software is unable to deliver functionality
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that a team that's consuming it needs.
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What InnerSource does is provide a way for the consuming team to get the benefits
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of "Wait it Out", "Workaround", and "Escalate"
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without those associated drawbacks.
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