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The Universe
versus
Data centre relocation
You
Chris Jones
Cramped Expensive
Oh god what is that, I don’t even
The Universe hates you
• Don’t let it win
Hofstadter’s Law
• Everything takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter’s Law into account
Murphy’s Law(also known as Sod’s Law)
• Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong
What might go wrong?
What might go wrong?
What might go wrong?
What might go wrong?
In summary
Consequences
I’m clearly lying about the hair
Three Answers
• These are not the only answers• They worked for me, mostly
1 - Prepare for failure
Oops!
Assumptions
Fallback plans
Fallback plans
Oops, butterfingers!
2 - Ommmmmm
• Be the rocks in the sea of failure
• Be the sea on the rocks of doom
• Invoke everyone
3 - Share everything
• Daily call to keep you focussed• Project docs in collaborative
platform
Sound obvious?
• Easy to overlook this stuff• Do so at your peril