On Nov 18, 2008, at 12:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'd like to hear from other folks as to what sort of change rate and
> schedule is considered reasonable for large orginizations.
You know, I'm a mother, so I'm allowed to say "And if all your friends
jumped off the Empire State Building, would you jump too?"
Which is to say, knowing what everybody else is doing doesn't actually
help you. Suppose you find out that your change rate is slightly lower
than that of other organizations, and they have less staff; are you
going to decide that you're inept? No; you're going to decide that
you're DIFFERENT. So, suppose you find out that you have more changes
than everybody else, and a better SLA, are your users going to nod
their heads and say "Well then, we'll be nicer to you"? No, sadly,
they are not. They are going to interrupt you before you're even
finished speaking to say "But we're DIFFERENT".
Probably you're all correct that you're different, even. But whether
or not it's true, the net result is that there are almost no
situations in which it's actually helpful to know what "normal" is.
Ask a psychiatrist if your fear of breakfast cereal is normal, and
they will say "Is it
bothering you? Then you might want some help with it, normal or not.
Is it interfering with your life? Then you probably need some help with
it, normal or not. If it isn't bothering you or interfering with your
life, then no matter how weird it is, you don't need to fix it."
Elizabeth Zwicky
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
_______________________________________________
Discuss mailing list
[email protected]
http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators
http://lopsa.org/
