1. a unicorn where someone implemented a a CI/CD system that none else can work with nor comprehend
2. a public institution where dozens of people work against the clock to replace the software maintained by a few old farts close to retirement
3. a critical financial institution where secrecy and nepotism made anyone with 30+ years of service into a major failure point.
IMO, the bigger the organisation, the more they are shifting from internal risk management to outsourcing all risk. When the risk is handled by third parties via contractual obligations, life get easy for middle management.
Needless to say, many of those contractual obligations are not worth the paper they are written on. Many organisations survive largely on the good will of the lowest-rank employees.
1. a unicorn where someone implemented a a CI/CD system that none else can work with nor comprehend
2. a public institution where dozens of people work against the clock to replace the software maintained by a few old farts close to retirement
3. a critical financial institution where secrecy and nepotism made anyone with 30+ years of service into a major failure point.
IMO, the bigger the organisation, the more they are shifting from internal risk management to outsourcing all risk. When the risk is handled by third parties via contractual obligations, life get easy for middle management.
Needless to say, many of those contractual obligations are not worth the paper they are written on. Many organisations survive largely on the good will of the lowest-rank employees.