How the Internet RFC format/process can be use in a non Internet context ?
In the most common sense, Request for Comments (invented in 1969) is a type of publication that documents officially the Internet technical aspects. There are produced in a peer review process.
Riot Games, an American video game company producing the popular League Of Legends game, has defined a process inspired by the Internet RFC, to discuss technical changes of their Information System and make inform decisions.
In 2016, Joakin Sundén when he was an agile coach at Spotify, visits Riot Games to observe their practices. Here is it what it wrote about their RFC process:
THE “REQUEST FOR COMMENT” PROCESS Riot Games has a well-defined “Request For Comment” (RFC) process. Anyone can make a proposal for a change. It could be a technical/architectural change, but also an organizational/process change. An RFC is submitted to a central repository. There is an open comment period. Depending on the type of decision, it can either autom