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Engineering Culture by InfoQ

Building Organizational Resilience through Documentation and InnerSource Practices

Jan 26, 2024
David Grizzanti, principal engineer at the New York Times, discusses the importance of documentation for organizational resilience, the concept of InnerSource, the parallels between engineering and art, and challenges faced by engineering leaders.
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  • Having both too much and too little documentation can negatively impact an organization's resilience and efficiency.
  • Implementing Inner Source practices can foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and resilience within engineering teams.

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The Importance of Documentation and Writing Culture

David discusses the importance of good documentation and a strong writing culture within organizations. He highlights how having too much or too little documentation can impact an organization's resilience and efficiency. Additionally, he explores the challenges of discoverability of documentation across multiple tools and suggests the need for more intentional documentation practices, such as writing architectural decision records and RFCs to enhance organizational knowledge sharing.

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