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One favorite trick of Microsoft IT is to delete old instances of SharePoint servers for projects. Where "old" is maybe 3-4 years. Goodbye design documents. Goo
by kabdib 8y ago
One favorite trick of Microsoft IT is to delete old instances of SharePoint servers for projects. Where "old" is maybe 3-4 years.
Goodbye design documents. Goodbye test plans. Goodbye user studies. Goodbye meeting notes. Goodbye just about everything interesting except for the source code of the project. And backups? "What is this word you are using . . . ''backup''?"
Which is why I just checked everything into source control and told the PMs they could bloody well learn how to use Source Depot.
- koolba 8y agoText files for specs and feature lists combined with a proper git blame/log make for fun time during multi-year project reviews.
- opportune 8y agolol I can see why a PM would be averse to that. Can you imagine if time estimates on the work item basis had an audit log?
- oaiey 8y agoI also tend to this recently. Source code folder survives. The rest not. Have been there.