[WikiEN-l] Process is evil

[Cheney Shill]

We obviously need a defamation process to extend our defamation policy to meta policy examples so that Greg and other individuals accused of fucking up can not sue us for claiming they were responsible for alleged repetition of the allegedly stupid acts.  In addition, the International Web Design Association has stated that suggesting that one of their member firms would ever allow instruction creep has caused material damage to their sales justifying a lawsuit to recover said damages.

David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote: On 19/08/06, David Gerard  wrote:

> I do so wish people would stop trying to legislate cluefulness. Read
> [[m:Instruction creep]] until you understand why.


And I see someone has added a beautiful and oh so apposite quote to
[[m:instruction creep]]:

    Process is an embedded reaction to prior stupidity. When I was CTO
of a web design firm, I noticed in staff meetings that we only ever
talked about process when we were avoiding talking about people. "We
need a process to ensure that the client does not get half-finished
design sketches" is code for "Greg fucked up." The problem, of course,
is that much of this process nevertheless gets put in place, meaning
that an organization slowly forms around avoiding the dumbest
behaviors of its mediocre employees, resulting in layers of gunk that
keep its best employees from doing interesting work, because they too
have to sign The Form Designed to Keep You From Doing The Stupid Thing
That One Guy Did Three Years Ago.

    - Wikis, Grafitti, and Process, Clay Shirky, 2003-08-01




 			
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