Governed Community

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Main Description

In this organization template, asset governance is centrally funded with one or more asset governance boards whose policies cross many communities for the enterprise. The reuse scope is at the community level still, and each community funds and manages their own repository. The asset production is formalized with committed resources, which adhere to the governance policies. The community subject matter experts are close to the asset production activities, and often are the ones who produce the assets, or work closely with the asset production team. The use of assets is planned and opportunistic. Those who produce the assets follow key assets into the context of the asset consumers to help insure their success, as noted by the "support" line.

ABD governance is centrally funded with one or more asset governance boards and its policies cross many communities for the enterprise.

A key differentiator between this template and the Self-Governed Community template is the asset production is funded, supporting both the development and maintenance of key assets. This affects the asset consumer's ability to plan for reuse in their projects, allowing them to put more trust in the asset's availability and support.

Another key differentiator is that the use of the assets is supported by the asset producers. This means the asset producers help the asset consumers be successful with using the asset. This may be performed directly by the asset producers or it may be through an enablement team. This support has a direct benefit to the asset consumers and their projects.

When assets are more complex and will be used multiple times, there is generally some justification for providing higher levels of support. The time to achieve a return on investment for assets can be decreased in this template and the remaining more formal templates (Enterprise Partial, Enterprise Full) through the proper use of asset support, enabling the success of the consumers.

A governed community can interoperate with self-governed communities as well. The governance boards for the governed communities provides policies for the self-governed community.

Modified Self Governed Community