{"id":22,"date":"2013-04-29T15:01:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T05:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeescroll.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2013-04-30T19:37:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T09:37:30","slug":"why-it-infrastructure-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coffeescroll.com\/index.php\/why-it-infrastructure-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Why IT Infrastructure sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a young hipster making his way up through the ranks. He\u2019s the \u201cgreat hope\u201d and is given an ambitious project to run. The project will make the company a bucket of cash. He\u2019ll win awards etc.<\/p>\n<p>He assembles his team. They draw wire diagrams, make project plans and hack code on a few old PCs. He assembles a \u201cbusiness case\u201d: a PowerPoint with impressively opaque \u201cbusiness language\u201d. He asks for money. Something like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 people (project manager, developers, testers, designers etc.)<\/li>\n<li>6 months or 110 work days (A year is typically 220 workdays)<\/li>\n<li>$1000\/person\/day (damned consultants!)<\/li>\n<li>Multiplication gives a $1.1million budget<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The budget expectation is set and he goes about getting approval (going for coffee) from management.<br \/>\nImagine the sinking feeling when he gets to the IT Infrastructure team. The IT infrastructure guy hits him with annoying questions like:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>How many hits will your site get? What are the growth projections? What is the impact if the site goes down? Does it run our middleware? How important is the data?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He answers as best he can:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The site must never go down of course. We better have a backup site. We\u2019ll need somewhere to develop and test. What do you mean I have to have a performance test site?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The IT infrastructure comes back in two weeks with the following high-level costing and design:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coffeescroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Typical-Stack1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31 aligncenter\" alt=\"&quot;IT Infrastructure&quot; &quot;virtualization&quot; &quot;cloud&quot; &quot;web application&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coffeescroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Typical-Stack1.png\" width=\"528\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coffeescroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Typical-Stack1.png 528w, http:\/\/www.coffeescroll.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Typical-Stack1-268x300.png 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 servers, 5 databases<\/li>\n<li>Resourcing: ~200-300 days &#8211; ~$350,000<\/li>\n<li>Hardware &amp; Software: $100,000<\/li>\n<li>Total ~$450,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The \u201cgreat hope\u201d flinches! An extra half a million dollars! <em>But computers are so cheap on eBay!<\/em> <strong>His mate runs a start-up uses hosting that costs a few bucks a month.<\/strong><br \/>\nHe flies professionally through the stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. He\u2019ll have to re-set budget expectations.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When can this be delivered, he asks?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The IT Infrastructure guy:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We can\u2019t start your project for 2-4 weeks because noone is available. You should have told us about your project 6 months ago.\u00a0 It\u2019ll take 3 months to get you the platforms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Is this true of your IT world? Any stories to share? Or is your IT shop squeaky clean? Leave a comment below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a young hipster making his way up through the ranks. He\u2019s the \u201cgreat hope\u201d and is given an ambitious project to run. 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