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Bug of the Month Club

In the IT world there are people that actually dedicate themselves (for free) to finding and publishing every bug they can find for a specific piece of software.

There is some debate whether this is good or bad - I can see both sides.

Personally I think that when problems are exposed in a "big and loud" way it does put a lot of burden on people to fix them quickly and that stress causes a lot of short-term problems but in the end it forces people to rethink entire processes.

People by nature are typically complacent and therefore they don't like being pushed out of their comfort zones. Sometimes pushing people out of their comfort zones causes damage. Sometimes a company can not act fast enough and more damage is caused.

Of course people are going to think this is bad - but the upside is that it is making people (forcing them) to get very, very good and quick at fixing problems.

Rapid recognition and broadcasting of problems is probably the best thing that a company can go through even if it is painful in the short-term.

Read the complete article called "Time to End This Gimmick" online at www.darkreading.com if you are an IT Guru - if you are not an IT Guru just think about how to make every problem in your business stand out as if you had a team of people watching you every second and posting the problems in real-time.

Start fixing those problems and their root causes and you will have an amazing business.

Posted by David on February 24, 2007 08:53 AM|Permalink

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