Reply to post: Re: I don't think he handled this job at all correctly

Sysadmin ignores 25 THOUSAND patches, among other sins

Alan Brown Silver badge

Re: I don't think he handled this job at all correctly

>> you have no idea of how many hours he had allocated to this task, or of what budget was assigned."

> No, but we do know his timebox was 1 month with no opportunity for extension and from Bill's complaint about having to be the last one out each evening,

I wasn't talking about Bill.

IT disasters don't usually just happen overnight. This one was years in the making and Bill compounded it but the root cause (poor management) hasn't been addressed, so it will keep unfolding.

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