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Using Mission and Risk Diagnostics to Enhance Business Continuity[article] Noah Gamer explains that mission and risk diagnostics provide an excellent approach to risk management for any company. Using these elements together, an organization can create a better business continuity strategy. While risk is not always bad, identifying and mitigating risks can help your organization achieve success. |
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Combating Learned Complacency to Reduce Systems Glitches[article] Leslie Sachs writes on how employees in many companies have essentially learned to no longer raise their concerns because there is no one willing to listen, and—even worse—they may have suffered consequences in the past for being the bearer of bad tidings. Leslie refers to this phenomenon as learned complacency. |
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Making Best Practices a Reality[article] Almost any description of a job involving software configuration management—or more generally, application lifecycle management—will include the words “best practices.” Kareen Kircher writes on how to make best practices a reality for your work. The five ingredients to making successful changes happen are relationship, timing, automation, pertinent documentation, and refining. |
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Why You Cannot Afford to Overlook Environment Management[article] Environment management is an essential function in any complex, mission-critical system. Unfortunately, environment management is often overlooked and, even when addressed, usually only handled in the simplest way. Keeping an eye on your environment is actually one of the most important functions for IT operations. Bob Aiello explains how to get started with environment management. |
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From One Expert to Another: Steve Berczuk[article] Steve Berczuk is a software developer, writer, and experienced practitioner of software configuration management (SCM) and agile software development. He is a co-author of the book Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration, contributed to the book 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know. Last year, he interviewed Dan Wellman about test-driven development. In this installment of From One Expert to Another, it’s Dan’s turn to interview Steve about the ins and outs of SCM. |
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