How do we engage people in other teams on decisions we are taking that could have a wider impact if they were known across the whole group?
The answer is Request for Comment (RFC)
This is an InnerSource pattern defined here Transparent Cross-Team Decision Making using RFCs | 🇺🇸 English | Patterns - Production
Google use Design Docs Design Docs at Google
Uber use RFCs Scaling Engineering Teams via RFCs: Writing Things Down - The Pragmatic Engineer
BBC iPlayer use internal RFCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6zlghE0HcE
Rhize will create Design Docs here in this forum following the template here RFC Template | 🇺🇸 English | Patterns - Production