Business Success with Open Source

Deploy Policies Effectively

On the surface, deploying policies and procedures may seem like a simple matter, but the way in which it’s handled can make or break any P&P effort within your company.

You may be inclined to announce new P&P as soon as they’re ready, then brush off your hands and walk away feeling satisfied in a job well done. It’s not that easy. Few things irritate people like running into new and unexpected walls of policies and procedures. It disrupts their workflow and erodes their trust in the company. Some people will immediately look for and start using work-arounds, and from there on out it’ll be a struggle for you to get people to pay attention to the P&P on which you spent so much time.

You’ve already learned one way to ...