
I have previously written about the techie curse. Read about it here. The fundamental techie curse is the reluctance to create documentation. My corollary to the broken windows theory as applied to IT is that more major incidents will happen to infrastructure where the processes, resources (vendors and technicians), products and tools are not fully documented.
Infrastructure that is not fully documented leads to tardy habits, which become bad processes that ultimately results in an increased rate of major incidents.
One of the major benefits a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) provides is the ability to provide and act as a repository for documenting infrastructure. This basic feature is the most important and it is time that IT professionals stop taking short cuts and start documenting! NO BROKEN WINDOWS!
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