Mixing Water and Oil

When I was 10 years old my imagination was captured by this device called the Apple IIe. I immediately knew what I wanted to do when “I grew up” and fortunately it happened to be in a well-paying career that allowed me to check some items off the bucket list. One of these items, to own a 1972 Dodge Challenger Rallye.

Of course, with any muscle car, inevitably you meet another enthusiast and it isn’t long after that you are engaged in a friendly little competition. Well, I failed fast and it was shortly after that I started to truly understand the idiom “You are only as strong as your weakest link”.

After learning from my failure, I realized that I needed a bigger engine, and this triggered the great cascading effect of 2006. You see, the transmission had to be upgraded, then the rear end, then the suspension, and finally my driving ability. To truly gain the full power of that engine, I had to make sure every component could also operate under that load.

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the pure awesomeness of a low-code development platform and how it can cut development time by 75 to 95 percent. Well, this isn’t exactly true, and I think you know where I am going with this. Low-code causes your high performers to become bottlenecks and they ALL need to be upgraded. Everything from Devops to implementation methodologies to interfaces to budgeting to procurement to……well……you get the point.

Oh and speaking of procurement, why am I now reviewing a fixed price RFP written with a waterfall approach requesting vendors to build

a system using a low-code platform that demands an agile way of working. It is kinda like mixing water and oil.

Disagree, let me know, open and safe collaboration is the best way to learn.

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