• no handovers
• faster learning about business
• more innovation
• shorter development cycles
• broaden perspectives through diversity of experiences, expertise and knowledge
• greater sense of purpuse by working on the full (or at least greater part) of the value chain

• get work done more efficiently when it can be described precisely and handovers are cheap
• learning from specialists in same field
• higher consistency of outcomes within silos
• easier agreement with people that speak the same lingo

• use communities of practice (CoP) for knowledge sharing amongst specialists
• express yourself in the lingo of the addressed person when talking to a specialist in another field
• get to a novice level of understanding in the specialist fields of your team mates (“become” T-shaped)

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