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Re:It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code by matwood on Sunday July 16, 2023 @09:26AM (#36746751)
When I see rule or process my first thought is 'what happened that led to this rule or process?'
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Re:It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code by ReflectedImage on Sunday July 16, 2023 @09:55AM (#36747028)
That's hardly relevant. The bureaucracy will increase until the company goes bankrupt.
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Re:It Takes 6 Days to Change 1 Line of Code by justin_oaks on Sunday July 16, 2023 @10:05AM (#36747151)
Yes, such rules and processes are often made in reaction to something bad happening.

I like the description Jason Fried gave of policies being "organizational scar tissue" in response to a "cut" (i.e. something bad happening). He suggests that we don't scar on the first cut:

https://m.signalvnoise.com/dont-scar-on-the-first-cut/

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