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There are even tools now that will do that for you
(with a lot of work). What do you get? The same system you always had with both
the old problems and the new ones. Technology does not provide a quick fix. But,
it is the one answer that executives are most likely to choose because technology is
easily quantifiable and easily budgeted. Look at the dot.com bust. Most of those
companies sold quick-fix technologies without any underlying analysis of the problems
organizations faced. Most of the dot.coms that operated without this sort of
planning are out of business. Technology is our friend, but it is not the only answer
to our problems.
Why focus on process? What personal benefit can you gain from all this work?
What??™s in it for you? Well, the following examples are drawn from personal experience
in some of the organizations we have helped along this path.
Configuration Management??”One individual had spent hours trying to find
the correct version of source code to make a simple change. He was never sure
before whether he had the latest copy of the source code.


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