You're advising an engineering organization that is feeling tension between shared standards and local team speed. Leadership wants a clear way to decide when teams should align on common platforms, patterns, and processes, and when they should be free to optimize for their own goals.
How do you decide when to standardize across teams versus letting teams move independently?
Ability to frame standardization as a strategic trade-offUse of KPIs to justify and validate operating model choicesRecognition of platform moats and economies of scaleJudgment on where autonomy creates more value than consistency