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It's not really a cheap or dumb thing, it's a money thing. Business execs want everything broken down in "how much will this make me" and "how much will this c
by cogman10 3y ago
It's not really a cheap or dumb thing, it's a money thing.
Business execs want everything broken down in "how much will this make me" and "how much will this cost me". The problem IT faces is that sort of impact isn't easy (or is impossible) to articulate. We can easily speak to how much the fix will cost, but not to how much it will save or bring in.
This is why orgs are terrible at security. How much will fixing the log4j issue save? Who knows, maybe nothing, maybe the entire business.
- regularfry 3y agoIt's slightly more subtle than that. The budgetary control management system that companies like this use isn't primarily designed to limit spending to the minimum necessary. Its primary purpose is to prevent any political power being built away from the management office, by constraining access to the critical resource. I mean this literally and historically. Budgets being used for management control dates from when the CEO of General Motors couldn't control the sprawling divisions they'd bought, so he (well, his CFO) brought in budgetary controls invented by McKinsey (the man, not the company) so they couldn't move without his say-so. And of course because it worked for GM, it must be good for everyone.
- Consultant32452 3y agoMy fellow autists in the IT industry have a hard time coming to terms with the fact that the answer to the question "how much will this cost me" in other departments is mostly made up bullshit, so you have to learn to say made up bullshit too.
- pas 3y ago... exactly, but professional bullshitting is it's own - very profitable - industry, underwriting