I don’t think the traditional waterfall style of infrastructure planning (all planning up-front, implementation on rails) is optimal for the cloud. Even the be

I don’t think the traditional waterfall style of infrastructure planning (all planning up-front, implementation on rails) is optimal for the cloud. Even the best plans are likely to run into unexpected difficulties. Unfortunately suggesting actual DevOps practices (i.e. giving developers some actual control over infrastructure and a more agile approach to infrastructure development) is viewed as heretical and crazy in large enterprises. The end result is enterprises paying cloud premium prices, but, with none of the flexibility and agility that make those prices worthwhile.