Creating value by cleaning up
This post sort of complements the “Simplify!” blog series as it also points towards the simplification of the IT landscape. Still, based on a different train of thought, I decided to make it an independent post.
Motivation and table of contents
When I look around, I see two evolutions that in combination worry me a lot:
Summing up and some general considerations
Hooray! This is the last post of the “Simplify!” series. As I wrote before: I would never have expected that it would become that long. Initially, I expected 4, maybe 5 parts. Most likely I would not have dared to begin with it if I would have known. Anyway, we have arrived here – at last!
As an industry we continuously forget what we have learned
In this post I want to discuss an issue that I, being for a longer time in IT meanwhile, observe over and over again. It is the observation that as an industry we continuously forget what we have learned.
Layers of systems never cleaned up (part 2)
In the previous post, I discussed several relevant drivers that lead to ever-increasing complexity of the IT landscape, creating layers over layers of technology over time that never get cleaned up. As the post would have become too long otherwise, I left out the mitigation options.
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I'm Uwe, travelling the world of IT for many years. Worked in many roles in and around IT. Sharing my thought, ideas and insights here. Explorer. Connector. Sharer. Coder. Writer. Human. More. Order may vary.
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