Checklists. They work.
(I am avoiding a direct retweet to avoid unpleasant Twitter interactions for a professional reporting a near miss.)
(I am avoiding a direct retweet to avoid unpleasant Twitter interactions for a professional reporting a near miss.)
If you get nothing out of Japanese engineering culture via me but this, steal this verbal ritual:
A: “I intend to drop the database on prod.”
B: “You intend to drop the database on prod, and have selected prod.”
A: “I am dropping the database on prod.”
B: “You are...”
A: “I intend to drop the database on prod.”
B: “You intend to drop the database on prod, and have selected prod.”
A: “I am dropping the database on prod.”
B: “You are...”
“Kinda weird you can just do that for prod.”
Yes by all means implement the technical controls, too, but people are your first and last line of defense, so make sure they are in there and empowered to say “Disengage disengage disengage.”
Yes by all means implement the technical controls, too, but people are your first and last line of defense, so make sure they are in there and empowered to say “Disengage disengage disengage.”
“Who can say that?”
At the shop I worked at, anybody inclusive of the person sweeping the floors.
(Probability of a catastrophe given least senior team member said “Maybe catastrophe?” way higher than your tolerance for catastrophes in most well-functioning systems.)
At the shop I worked at, anybody inclusive of the person sweeping the floors.
(Probability of a catastrophe given least senior team member said “Maybe catastrophe?” way higher than your tolerance for catastrophes in most well-functioning systems.)
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