We expend time and effort ensuring central services (CIT) and services co-managed by A&S IT end up helping us, and don't actually hurt us.

August 2018

Monday, July 30, 2018 2:41 PM: A&S IT sent a message  about a scheduled change for August 8th that they created, and had nothing to do with CIT.

This is the first time a change was going to be forced simply because a computer had software for us to report back its state.

Although this change was consequential, it was going to happen without the usual technical due-diligence to ensure:

  1. It did what it was expected to do.
  2. It did not do what it was not expected to.

Although this change was consequential, it was going to happen with the usual "governance" and deliberation to ensure:

  1. The extent of the problem the change was meant to address.
  2. The measure by which the expected change to the systems occurred.

Oliver take: We avoided a "force" change to many of our Windows and Macs

Oliver's poem inspired by this announcement, August 2, 2018

Watch the do-do

See, before you DO.

Don't DO unless you do due process.

See what you DID.

If you do not do this, you will likely step in DO-DO.

And that stinks for everyone.