Organizing

Make the organization easier to use.

Every team keeps answering the same questions: who decides, who does what, what counts as done, and who needs to know. Particulars gives those answers a place to live and keeps them close to the work.

01
Guidelines

A team should not have to renegotiate itself every day.

02
Decision rights

Know who decides before the choice becomes urgent.

03
Roles

When someone leaves, their work should not leave with them.

04
Measures

Know whether the work is working without building another dashboard nobody reads.

05
Network of teams

The org chart shows reporting. The network shows work.

06
Agents in organizations

Machine-readable should not mean machine-governed.

Start with one team

One charter is useful. Many charters become a living model of the organization.