Centralising and Decentralising

We often must decide for or against central or distributed approaches. The following facts can aid our decision:

Reasons to move towards a direction
Problem we want to solve
Try to centrally manage as many elements as realistically possible
Increasing centralisation increases the need for handling special cases
Once a technology becomes widely adopted it also becomes a target for centralised management
A move towards centralised management is like any other change or upgrade, but
... it offers us a unique chance to make a good impression
Listen to customer concerns, but remember that IT should have the last word

Centralised management candidates: