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

  • From: "Coll-Barth, Michael" <Michael.Coll-Barth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:12:42 -0400

 

What utter nonsensical, management double speak; 'operational
excellence'.

 

But, I'll play.

 

 

 

Care to define the term?  

 

 

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.

 

As written, the statement is false and inflammatory.  

 

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.

 

 

And with that said, 'excellence' is something to be strived for by
everyone, but is rarely, if ever, achieved by anyone.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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)

 

I just want to get an idea of where some of you fall on this
statement...

 

Truth Statement:

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.  

 

(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).

 

--Chris

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