The InnerSource Workbook

Chapter 3. Video: InnerSource Product Owners

Questions

TIP: More than one answer may be correct for some questions.

SEGMENT: How Difficult It Is to Be Middle Management

Question 1. This video highlights the following complaints of middle managers, relevant to InnerSource:

1. Lack of competent developers because of stiff competition in the market for employees

2. Lack of recognition for the manager’s role in making the project successful

3. Lack of input into the organization’s vision

4. Lack of clarity in the allocation of funds

SEGMENT: Major Benefits Are Built into the InnerSource Process

Question 2. InnerSource can help with the following problems:

1. A delay in implementing an important feature because the responsible team assigns it a low priority

2. Slow integration of bug fixes submitted by outsiders

3. A failure to acknowledge the value of middle managers’ contributions

4. Knowledge that is restricted to a few key developers

Question 3. InnerSource promotes both collaboration and transparency in which of the following areas?

1. Corporate standards

2. Processes

3. Documentation

4. Credit for accomplishments

Question 4. InnerSource is expected to cause:

1. A greater dependence on other teams to implement needed features.

2. Looser approaches to application life cycle management.

3. More discussions among product owners on different teams.

4. Divergent views of the product among different teams.

Question 5. Collaboration and negotiation with other product leaders: