Collaboration architectures (part of the MWT Model) reintegrate management with the rest of the organisation. Architecting your way to better collaboration will dramatically improve governance and decrease delivery risks. Your project plans will be smaller, easier to manage, and better aligned with your delivery resources. Well architected organisations and projects practically manage themselves. The agility of your organisation will also be improved as collaboration architectures are reused and managed as strategic assets. See also, The New MWT Hierarchy.

 

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