Model extensions

Working out loud uses a different scale:

@arlobelshee: This is off the top of my head. It would be better to go grab info from the working out loud movement. If nothing else, that will help us be more specific and talk about things beyond just communications media / style.

1. Secrecy: The work is intentionally performed in secret. No one else in the company should know about it. The team takes active effort to prevent information from leaking to the rest of the company.
2. Obscurity: The team makes no effort to share information except with existing partners. Communications media are chosen to make things work well for the team and its partners; no effort is made to find or onboard future partners. Work product is stored in locked down locations; it would be difficult to share with people not on the team.
3. Upon request: The team generally only pays attention to itself and its partners in communications. However, it does advertise its existence to the rest of the company and provide some way for others to ask for information. The team intentionally collects and maintains some communications (e.g. formal documentation) to provide when asked. The team has and uses a collaboration system (SharePoint, Jive, company source control, etc) to store at least some of its work. The team can publish other work to that location upon request.
4. Participatory: The team still performs its own work as per Upon Request. However, it is now participating in the workstreams of other teams that are at higher levels. Team members observe Visible teams, participate in their discussions, like/+1 their ideas, and comment on or even contribute to their work products. The team views this interaction with other teams is part of their job. It also uses these interactions to find teams with which to make a more formal interaction relationship.
5. Visible: The team stores all of its work in discoverable locations. Without their awareness, anyone in their company or community can look at any of their work products at any time. The team holds discussions using communications media that are public and discoverable. It encourages lurkers to follow internal discussions. It chooses media that put potential recipients in charge of deciding what they wish to hear, rather than requiring the sender to pick the recipients. It also creates summaries & getting started info. This is used both to ramp up new team members and to help non-members orient and quickly join the work stream.