The Functional Interface Team (FIT Team) is BRI Associates' structure for connecting an exploratory venture to the core business without subjecting it to core-business priorities. It is a team of empowered representatives from key functional organizations, chartered to help explore-stage ventures selectively leverage the assets and competencies of those functions — precisely where the explore work's processes and priorities are not aligned with what the functions have optimized for the core business.
The FIT Team is the concrete mechanism behind the "formal interfaces" of an ambidextrous organization — it lets a venture borrow core capabilities such as manufacturing, legal, or channels without being governed as if it were a core project, and is central to managing the Mezzanine transition. For the full treatment, see the RPP pillar at /supporting/rpp. Related Terminology Index entries: Ambidextrous Organization; Custom Governance; Exploratory Business; Mezzanine; RPP.
