[Info-vax] Change Control (was:Re: Loosing all LAT connections)...

[Bradford Hamilton]

In article <SvednWZ6xY7ZL3bUnZ2dnUVZ_qqdnZ2d at giganews.com>, Richard B. Gilbert 
wrote:
>johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
[...]
>> By the way, nice to hear that you wouldn't be able to touch the
>> network hardware without getting change control authorisation. You
>> might (or might not) be amazed how many people don't bother with that
>> kind of thing.
>> 
>
>People who know, and who care about having a job next week, frequently 
>do use change control!  It really helps to plan a change before making 
>it and to document exactly what you are going to do.  A really good 
>change control system will require you to plan how to back out your 
>change in case it should have disastrous results.  The larger your 
>organization and the more different sites you have, the more important 
>change control becomes.

CC can be important, even in small enterprises.  Although I am no longer
involved in IT professionally, my years of training kick in when I contemplate
making a change to my hobbyist system.  I tend to make the mistake of saying,
"Since it's not a big deal, I'll do A (and B and C and D...)" before my better
nature chimes in with, "ONE change at a time, and document what you are going
to do, and have a backout plan ready, and...".