We're told to accept Change, embrace Change, 'cause Change is accelerating, but....
• Our systems were not designed for (rather, we or the people that came before us did not anticipate) the Changes that we now need to make.
• Our processes are actually designed to prevent Change in order to achieve availability (which must NOT Change).
• Our people are disconnected from the (business and other) drivers of Change (we cannot predict what Changes will come next).
• The tools we are asked to use to do our work keep Changing.
• We don't even know who to inform about the latest Changes because our management Chain keeps Changing.
To paraphrase Reinhold Niebuhr:
God grant me the serenity to accept the Changes I cannot Change, the courage to Change the Changes I can Change and the wisdom to know the difference....
Oxymoron of the Day: Predictable Change
Copyright John Sovereign, 2006
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Most of the other engineering disciplines get to focus just on designing things that withstand change. Software must also be able to incorporate changes....
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