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RSessions

  1. Whatever it is you think you care about in your IT system, you care about complexity more.
  2. @adgerrits (@TheDanWard) Thank you! Us simplicity lovers need to stick together.
  3. #FF @TheDanWard: a great advocate for removing complexity from military purchasing, lessons applicable to all who love simplicity.
  4. @philippeback Thank you! You made my day.
  5. Complexity feels itself under attack when confronted by simplicity. With good reason.
  6. IT Complexity Analytics: The Science of Diagnosing, Treating, and Preventing Complexity Related Pathologies in IT Systems.
  7. The risk analysis of nuclear accidents has high risk. Okay. Does anybody else see the irony here? gao.gov/products/GAO-1…
  8. Never confuse "simplicity" with "simple."
  9. Success through simplicity. The enterprise architect’s mantra.
  10. @OyvindIsene (@eaviles94) I believe the laws of complexity are universal. This is a good example.
  11. @eaviles94 (@OyvindIsene) The primary cause of poor reliability and lack of scalability is complexity.
  12. @philippeback Found it. Okay. $13.6M divided by 3000 users is $4,533 per user. Complexity wins again!
  13. @philippeback Wonder how much that cost.
  14. The primary architectural deliverable is not reliability, scalibility, agility, or any other ilitie. It is simplicity.
  15. @sdlc3 I didn't want to say anything, but now that you mention it...
  16. Complexity: the cancer of IT.
  17. @peteswabey No, I haven't seen it. Did you send it to roger, domain: objectwatch.com?
  18. Anybody made simplicity THE driving force in their IT systems? Interested in a Skype Chat with grad students? Let me know.
  19. @iluckylefty Good point. But at least the destination is desirable.