Re: Operational Excellence - True or False? (Feel free to explain if so inclined)

  • From: Guillermo Alan Bort <cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Taylor, Chris David" <ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:50:43 -0300

Thanks Chris, I didn't want to mention multiclassing and RPG but that is
exactly what I had in mind when I wrote my reply... I honestly didn't expect
there to be many who'd understand that reference here.

cheers
Alan.-


On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Taylor, Chris David <
ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This touches on where I was going with my thought processes.****
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> It seems to me to be similar to the idea of multi-classing for those of us
> who used to play RPGs back in the day.****
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> It seems to me (and perhaps I’m wrong) that an individual can achieve a
> higher level of expertise through a targeted/focused approach in a specific
> area or skill set.  When a person tries to achieve the same level of
> expertise in 2 similar (but also very different) skill sets, the proficiency
> in both is _*behind*_ any individual who takes the targeted approach and
> will always remain behind.****
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> -Chris****
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> *From:* alanbort@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:alanbort@xxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of 
> *Guillermo
> Alan Bort
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:03 PM
> *To:* Taylor, Chris David
> *Cc:* Michael.Coll-Barth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: Operational Excellence - True or False? (Feel free to
> explain if so inclined)****
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> I've often found it difficult to find candidates who would be able to
> provide "operational excelence" in a single RDBMS (Oracle)... I'd hate to
> have to look for someone who has to be proficient in both.
>
> now, cynicism apart, I think that in order to be really good at what you do
> you have to dedicate a lot of time to it, and if you expect to have any kind
> of work-life balance then you simply don't have the time to master two
> RDBMS' to the same level.
>
> "Ah, but I already know Oracle, so I'll spend the next 5 years training in
> SQL" you say? Well, good luck with that... if you have the time to do full
> training on SQL then I envy you... and furthermore, 5 years of full time
> training on SQL means no upkeep training on Oracle, which means you'd be
> stuck with 9i/10g right now with all these nifty new 11gR2 features...
> perhaps this is what Oracle is talking about.
>
> Also, I think we need to consider the target audience and read a little
> more than the phrase itself, I think it's aimed at large companies with very
> large DBA groups (from 10 to several dozen dbas), so they are giving a
> statement that applies to *most* people. I have no doubt that there's
> someone out there that is an Oracle Guru and an expert in SQL Server and
> also dabbles in MySQL and PGSQL and keeps a Sybase in his usbkey... though I
> doubt very much they are very common and I'd wager they have more than a
> couple of decades of experience, which means hiring them may prove too
> expensive.
>
> just my 0.02 AR$. ;-)
>
> cheers
> Alan.-
>
> ****
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> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Taylor, Chris David <
> ChrisDavid.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:****
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> Yikes!  Yes, I think you need to eat J****
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> I actually made the conscious decision to not define Operational Excellence
> because it is different for each organization.  Operational excellence might
> be recognized by providing 5 9s of availability (99.999) because that is
> what is determined as the measuring stick for a particular organization.  A
> different organization may strive for response time for 90% of queries to
> complete in under 10 ms.  Obviously these are simplistic examples.****
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> I think you have made the mistake of equating excellence with infallible or
> inerrant (or perhaps both).  Perhaps to you that is what operational
> excellence *is. * To be inerrant and/or infallible.****
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> I hope that helps.****
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> --Chris****
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Coll-Barth, Michael
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 28, 2011 2:13 PM****
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> *To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx****
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> *Subject:* RE: Operational Excellence - True or False? (Feel free to
> explain if so inclined)****
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> What utter nonsensical, management double speak; 'operational excellence'.
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> But, I'll play.****
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> Care to define the term?  ****
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> If I were to take the term at face value, I'd have to say that there are
> very few out there that could be considered excellent at anything.  Some of
> us may be very good or even damn good, but excellent?  No.  Even someone
> like Tom Kyte has failings and he'd be the first to tell you that.  Just
> check out his web site.****
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> As written, the statement is false and inflammatory.  ****
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> Add the following line;  'But that individual could provide the operational
> proficiency that is quite a bit more than good enough', and the statement
> becomes true and reasonable.****
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> And with that said, 'excellence' is something to be strived for by
> everyone, but is rarely, if ever, achieved by anyone.****
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> I haven't eaten today, so perhaps I'm just not feeling excellent.  Ted,
> Bill?  You ready to head out?  Your stepmom *is* cute, though.****
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Taylor, Chris David
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 28, 2011 2:47 PM
> *To:* 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> *Subject:* Operational Excellence - True or False? (Feel free to explain
> if so inclined)****
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> I just want to get an idea of where some of you fall on this statement…***
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> Truth Statement:****
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> Due to the differences in Oracle and Microsoft database products, an
> individual person cannot provide operational excellence in both products
> with regard to the management of large enterprise data stores.  ****
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> (That is, to achieve operational excellence in regard to enterprise data
> management of large data stores managed by both Oracle and SQL Server, you
> need individuals who specialize in each technology).****
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>  ****
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> --Chris****
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