4 ms·
I've frequently encountered it as "let's spend a lot of money on making sure we don't waste any money."
by danielweber 12y ago
I've frequently encountered it as "let's spend a lot of money on making sure we don't waste any money."
- beat 12y agoExactly. My interpretation of it is "Appearance of risk is more important than actual risk". Letting a small team run loose with unproven technologies appears risky. Using big names with expensive "enterprise solutions" appears low-risk. But really, those expensive tools and complex processes create whole new categories of risk.
- Glide 12y agoThat's brilliant. How much staff do they need to make sure everything is okay? Oh you have a database? Well you need a DBA on this. Security? Who is making sure the application is secure? Where is the security officer? Etc. etc. Many of the boxes can only be checked by having more people.
- cafard 12y agoMy impression working for a government contractor years ago was that the government had great systems for getting the best price on typewriters, and that these systems more or less guaranteed the purchase of obsolescent computer technology.