Organizational structures and processes need to be as transparent as possible to its members in an internally open space. Teams need private spaces to do their work before presenting results to other teams within the public organization space. Enterprise collaboration takes place in the inter-team organizational spaces, while intra-team collaboration takes place within team rooms.
Outside Team Rooms
Team External Info
• Executive sponsor
• Purpose & customer
• Team leader
• Team members
Team Internal Info
• People in roles
• Purpose in tasks
• Links in action
• Timing
Organizations need to be as transparent as possible to its members in order for people to make local decisions that work in a global context
Organizations seek simplification of local tactical complexity to manage the global strategic complexity
Organizations need basic information about each team’s membership and purpose
Inside Team Rooms
Teams need private (“back stage”) places to work and prepare for the team’s output performance (“front stage”)
Teams need back stage places to create identity, socialize new members, and create personal status
Teams are the keepers of the organization’s role-based knowledge
