Category: Systems
Systems are complex, so attention must be given to how they are designed and modified.
- 3 gates for making changes
- Many new ideas have come and gone, with only some of them being successful in reaching into people's workflow. Here I look at what the elements for success might be.
- 4-quadrant system change triage
- An outline of a process to triage system changes.
- A system failover scheme
- In many enterprises, having backup systems is seen as a necessary but resented overhead, and they will often take risky measures to minimise their costs. But is that wise?
- Agile has become a fraud
- From its inception, the Agile methodology has taken over software development within enterprises, but has it really?
- Assessing risk
- When presented with challenges to our current situation, we have to assess how much risk they are.
- File naming
- How we name files can enhance their utility.
- Modern technology is fragile
- Modern technology is mostly computer-based, and so is only a keystroke away from being unusable.
- Outsourcing
- Many consider outsourcing an efficient way to perform functions that are considered non-core.
- Selling the prototype
- Prototypes are fine as proofs of concept, but not as what you sell to a customer.