{"id":188412,"date":"2023-07-11T20:31:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.rm.gfolkdev.net\/?page_id=188412"},"modified":"2023-07-17T01:26:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T01:26:54","slug":"managing-chaos-frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/books\/managing-chaos-frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

These common questions and their short answers are taken from Lisa Welchman\u2019s book\u00a0Managing Chaos<\/em>: Digital Governance by Design\u00a0<\/i><\/span>. You can find longer answers to each in your copy of the book, either printed or digital version.<\/p>\n

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  1. What is digital governance in the first place?<\/b>
    \nDigital governance is a discipline that focuses on establishing clear accountability for digital strategy, policy, and standards. A digital governance framework, when effectively designed and implemented, helps to streamline digital development and dampen debates around digital channel \u201cownership.\u201d
    \nSee Chapter 1, \u201cThe Basics of Digital Governance\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. We don\u2019t \u201cgovern\u201d things inside our organization. Why should we govern digital?<\/b>
    \nI don\u2019t believe you. Every organization governs something. What you are really saying is that your organization hasn\u2019t decided to govern digital. That is one option, but it has consequences. Make sure that you are considering all the possible rationales for not governing digital before you default to this \u201ceasy-to-articulate but hard-to-live-with\u201d conclusion.
    \nFor more, see Chapter 8, \u201cThe Decision To Govern Well.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. We don\u2019t need a governance framework. Can\u2019t we just have the main Web team decide everything and run everything? After all, we know what we\u2019re doing.<\/b>
    \nNo, that\u2019s not a good idea. Creating a digital production silo is not an effective practice. It doesn\u2019t allow the digital team to understand the rich landscape of the business. And practically speaking, it\u2019s very difficult to size a digital team when all the work is done in one place.
    \nFor more information on a good digital team structure, see Chapter 2, \u201cYour Digital Team: Where They Are and What They Do.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. We\u2019re an agile shop, so do we still need governance? Doesn\u2019t
    \ngovernance just slow stuff down?<\/b>
    \nNo, governance does the opposite. It enables agility by clarifying roles and responsibilities and connections for a collaborative team. If you think about it, agile software methodology itself is highly structured with well-defined roles and responsibilities. That\u2019s why it works so well in the right organizational applications. A digital governance framework, when properly designed, can enable not hinder agile development.
    \nSee Chapter 1.<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. OK, I get all the digital governance stuff, and I\u2019m a believer, but I have no authority to establish digital governance in my
    \norganization. What do I do if no one cares enough to want to create a framework?<\/strong>
    \nIn many ways, this book is just for you. A lot of organizations are led by digitally conservative executives\u00a0(see Chapter 3, \u201cDigital Strategy: Aligning Expertise and Authority\u201d)<\/em>. Sometimes these conservatives are taking longer than we\u2019d like to wake up to the strategic aspects of digital. While you are waiting for them to pay attention, there are a number of things that you can do to move digital governance efforts forward, including establishing an internal community of practice for digital inside your organization.
    \nFor more details see Chapter 8.<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Aren\u2019t policies and standards different ways of talking about the same things? What\u2019s the difference between a policy and a standard?<\/strong>
    \nPolicies and standards are not the same thing. Policies are organizationally focused high-level statements established to manage risk inside an organization\u00a0(see Chapter 4, \u201cStaying on Track with Digital Policy\u201d)<\/em>. Standards are focused on establishing development parameters for digital practitioners.
    \nSee Chapter 5, \u201cStopping the Infighting About Digital Standards\u201d<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  7. Our organization is too innovative for standards. Doesn\u2019t creating standards stifle creativity and cutting-edge development?<\/strong>
    \nNo, standards can enable innovation and creativity. Standards are the bedrock upon which the Internet and World Wide Web rest. And, we can all agree that there\u2019s a lot of innovation and creativity happening on the Internet and Web. Without a framework of digital standards in your organization, yes, you will get some creativity. But, mostly, you will get a chaotic mix of disintegrated content and applications. Having standards and being able to enforce them will allow for rich, creative development.
    \nSee Chapter 5<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    These common questions and their short answers are taken from Lisa Welchman\u2019s book\u00a0Managing Chaos: Digital Governance by Design\u00a0. You can find longer answers to each in your copy of the book, either printed or digital version. What is digital governance in the first place? Digital governance is a discipline that focuses on establishing clear accountability … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150108,"featured_media":0,"parent":187323,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188413,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188412\/revisions\/188413"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}