What this doesn't mean, though, is Buy Everything. Buying everything is also how you get poor quality and poor process. It's important to recognize what's core to your culture. It's why I prefer discussing this as a what is core vs commodity decision.
If there's a general rule for making these decisions, I haven't found one. What's helped me, though, is asking whether or not the problems my team has is any different from most other teams. Sometimes it's true, like when I was at an entertainment company working on asset management. Sometimes it isn't, like when I was at the same company figuring out an AB testing solution.
If there's a general rule for making these decisions, I haven't found one. What's helped me, though, is asking whether or not the problems my team has is any different from most other teams. Sometimes it's true, like when I was at an entertainment company working on asset management. Sometimes it isn't, like when I was at the same company figuring out an AB testing solution.