Red Hat Releases the Open Decision Framework to Spur Transparent and Inclusive Leadership
Developed and tested within Red Hat, the Framework exemplifies Red
Hat's commitment to using open source principles to get work done
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced the release of a community version of the
Open Decision Framework, the company's collection of its own best
practices for making decisions and leading projects. The framework can
help decision-makers communicate transparently, seek out diverse
perspectives, collaborate more effectively across distributed teams, and
limit unanticipated impacts of business projects and decisions.
Red Hat's open culture – rooted in transparency, collaboration and
meritocracy – was highlighted in The Open Organization, by Jim
Whitehurst, the company's president and CEO. Red Hat created the Open
Decision Framework to help sustain and scale its open culture as it
grew. As interest in open source – both in technology and as the basis
of open management and culture – has taken off, Red Hat has received a
number of requests from outside organizations interested in learning how
to apply open source principles within their own organizations. By
making its Open Decision Framework available, Red Hat hopes to empower
business leaders, decision-makers, and project managers to learn from
the experiences of Red Hatters and contribute their own findings back to
the community.
The Open Decision Framework illustrates how to take five open source
principles--open exchange, participation, meritocracy, community, and
“release early, release often”--and put them into practice throughout
the process of making a decision or leading a project. The framework is
flexible and offers practical steps designed to help teams collaborate
with each other, identify and engage stakeholders, manage competing
needs and priorities, communicate tradeoffs and business requirements,
and improve decision-making.
The Open Decision Framework is available under a Creative Commons
CC-BY-SA 4.0 license, and all files are available on GitHub.
Supporting Quotes
DeLisa Alexander, executive vice president and chief people officer,
Red Hat
“When people read The Open Organization, they often ask us how we
make open and inclusive decision-making work at Red Hat. We created the
Open Decision Framework to articulate the lessons Red Hatters have
learned by trial and error, based on our experiences working both at Red
Hat and in open source communities. We're excited to launch this
community version so that others can adapt it to fit their own
organizations and projects, and share their improvements upstream."
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