The Universe

versus

Data centre relocation

You

Chris Jones

Cramped Expensive

Oh god what is that, I don’t even

The Universe hates you

• Don’t let it win

Hofstadter’s Law

• Everything takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter’s Law into account

Murphy’s Law(also known as Sod’s Law)

• Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong

What might go wrong?

What might go wrong?

What might go wrong?

What might go wrong?

In summary

Consequences

I’m clearly lying about the hair

Three Answers

• These are not the only answers• They worked for me, mostly

1 - Prepare for failure

Oops!

Assumptions

Fallback plans

Fallback plans

Oops, butterfingers!

2 - Ommmmmm

• Be the rocks in the sea of failure

• Be the sea on the rocks of doom

• Invoke everyone

3 - Share everything

• Daily call to keep you focussed• Project docs in collaborative

platform

Sound obvious?

• Easy to overlook this stuff• Do so at your peril