Nokia

A very popular product in a product space growing in demand.

Mid-term risk of site closure.

In process of moving current software and system responsibility to remote sites.

High R&D attrition, loss of senior members.

Software development done across four countries. Cross-site teams working on same components to implement different features simultaneously.

Feature delivery timelines set by the sales team, customer commitments without R&D input of feasibility and effort.

Uncompetitive pay and benefits.

Overall, high level of senior leadership disagreement on short and medium-term strategy, nor can they follow through with implementation when decisions are made. Cross-site politics issues.

Start making tough decisions. Move to agile development practices.