Because ‘Outdated and Overcomplicated’ Isn’t a Feature
Villains. They can arrive in your favorite shows (mine being Doctor Who) or in your tech stack.
It does matter where the villain is – it must be tamed and neutralized. Not doing so will stall your ability to innovate.
Villains slow you down and interrupt your progress. The villain of legacy tech has the potential to do the same.
In the most recent Doctor Who Christmas Special, the villain is the tech. There are no spoilers here, but like any villain, The Doctor and his temporary companion Joy (played by Nicola Coughlan from Bridgerton and Derry Girls) must learn to tame it creatively and change perspective.
Can you tame your villain legacy tech stack the same way? Yes!
Legacy Systems: The Silent Saboteur in Your Tech Stack
I got an invite for a recurring meeting with a new department head that I would be supporting with his day-to-day reporting needs and more strategic ones. We met, hit it off, and decided to create 5 Dashboards to slice and dice the data from a few perspectives.
This worked great in the first few weeks. In the coming months, however, it began to sabotage our scalability.
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