> well-run teams with tests and CI Well-run by what criteria? Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy points out that any large-enough organization (certainly F100

> well-run teams with tests and CI Well-run by what criteria? Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy points out that any large-enough organization (certainly F100's are large enough to count) will be run by people who take care of the organization, rather than people who pursue the organization's goals. Most such teams are "well run" if they provide people with stability. No surprises, no forced upgrades, no rocking the boat, just an environment that let's people clock in and clock out with a feeling that they work in a supportive environment that appreciates them. Too many companies interpret CI as something that prevents them from delivering their work, or something that forces them to stop what they're doing to fix the main branch. In these companies, throwing something over the wall to someone else is a feature, not a bug. And if the person on the other end of that wall's only request is to still keep shipping Java 8? Well fine, so be it.