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Stovepipe Or Silos
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Summary
An organizational structure of isolated or semi-isolated teams, in which too many communications take place up and down the hierarchy, rather than directly with other teams across the organization.
Symptoms
- dense communication (comments, emails, etc.) inside teams (communities; i.e.: people working on related issues)
- sparse communication in between teams (only through 1-2 people or superior team, a.k.a. management)
Specific To
Sources
[TAM’17]