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I think it depends on the process? Process isn’t a boogeyman. If a team is consistently deploying to production wrong and customers aren’t happy, you need a pro

• malfist 5y ago
  Yeah, I agree with you here, and not the source article. Process is scar tissue. It's there to prevent the same mistake from happening twice, but yes, sometimes it can be inflexible and make it hard to effect change. Sometimes that's a good thing. It's all a balance right? Sometimes process helps you guide decision making and make decisions faster. Sometimes it helps keep people from making the same mistake in the past. Sometimes it keeps you from tinkering with something that's working (i.e., don't fix what isn't broken). Process can also be wrong, it can keep you from exploring needed changes. It's a fine line to walk between preventing "fixing" a not broken system, and being tomorrow's ice shippers. Take for example, the US government. The process to pass laws is extremely complicated and difficult. That's on purpose. It keeps the government from meddling without cause and often forces compromise. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. But it's better than a dictatorship or simple majority rule.