Cultural and Organizational Aspects

Cultural and organizational aspects can boost PIM-Go’s implementation or, on the contrary, they can create barriers or impediments to it.

To a greater or lesser extent, attention to the following is recommended:

• Innovation Environment: the existence of an environment that fosters experimentation, accepts failure and encourages learning is essential for teams to accept testing and innovating without the perceived risk of punishment;
• Open Communication: people should be able to communicate without hierarchical silos. Direct communication should be encouraged and information of common interest radiated to everyone involved without intermediaries. Tools should be integrated whenever possible to facilitate consistent, instant communication;
• User-centered Vision: the organization’s processes should aim to create value for the user and constantly collect feedback. The collected data should be routinely stored and transformed into information and provide the grounds for decision-making;
• Team Empowerment: teams should have autonomy and power to decide the best way to build product increme Processes that influence teams, such as budget and rewards, should preferably be aimed at the team and not the individual. This will encourage teams to organize themselves more effectively and establish a culture of commitment to the desired results;
• Inspiring Leadership: encouragement to change should be routinely reinforced by managers at various levels, stimulating value creation and impediment removal. Leadership should be strategy-oriented and focused on creating a sense of engagement and purpose needed by the teams.