I cringe whenever I heard a CIO say, "It’s because no matter how smart you folks are as individuals, in the aggregate you are like toddlers." While I do agree that there are tradeoffs between centralization vs decentralization, not sure that's the best way to frame the tension. Maybe rather than thinking inside the constraints, there are ways to find infrastructure/architecture to relieve them?
Going to leave these to consider: (guess from which book)
1 - Processes are supposed to protect people from Distractions and help them deliver their core objectives.
2 - IT is not merely a department, it is pervasive like electricity.
3 - In order to survive, the business and IT can’t make decisions exclusive of each other.
(IT = centralized function; "business" = functions being supported, including devs)
Going to leave these to consider: (guess from which book)
1 - Processes are supposed to protect people from Distractions and help them deliver their core objectives.
2 - IT is not merely a department, it is pervasive like electricity.
3 - In order to survive, the business and IT can’t make decisions exclusive of each other.
(IT = centralized function; "business" = functions being supported, including devs)