Goal: Reduce duplication
Why should be build things more than once? We’re already busy and behind where we’d like to be. We want to build just once software that solves common problems and then share it widely throughout the company.
Related Questions
| Question | How it relates to the goal | Gotchas |
|---|---|---|
| Who uses the InnerSource project? | Every instance of reduced duplication will show up as an increase in usage. | The converse is not necessarily true that every instance of increased usage is an instance of reduced duplication. It’s always possible that some shared usage would have happened even without InnerSource. |