Collaboration or Contract: A Decision of Flow
Ask anyone who’s been involved in any significant implementation and they’ll have come across the waterfall approach. It typically leads to a contractual relationship between one team who are working on artefacts that are then handed over to a subsequent team. While the flaws of waterfall have been well-documented, this concept of contract versus collaboration extends to many areas of work. Example Let’s use a brief story as an analogy for the concepts of contract and collaboration. It’s an incredibly simple story, but even with the simplicity, we can see the complications that can arise from a contractual relationship. My wife and I walked into a coffee shop. I was left to order the drinks at the counter. So I’d asked what drink did she want. “Mint tea please” She orders a lot more hot drinks than I do, so […]