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:
- It did what it was expected to do.
- 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:
- The extent of the problem the change was meant to address.
- 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.