I agree with the comments around organizational alignment. The further 2 people are from each other within the hierarchy, the less likely they are to understand each other's role. I...

Very good article.

As for examples I've used it for a central auditing system and a means to communicate with other db servers where I did not want to setup linked...

I am also using this same method in several places. This is great for when you want all the records to succeed or none. I would rather control the transaction...