{"id":862,"date":"2020-06-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/?p=862"},"modified":"2020-06-01T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T14:00:00","slug":"digitalisation-two-cloud-native-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/storypositive\/2020\/06\/01\/digitalisation-two-cloud-native-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitalisation. Two: Cloud Native Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"862\" class=\"elementor elementor-862\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e3b240f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e3b240f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bfccd9c\" data-id=\"2bfccd9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ac59f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69ac59f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdd052c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdd052c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a1d720\" data-id=\"0a1d720\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a03a86c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a03a86c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2>Digitalisation in a Post-Covid19 World (2\/6)<\/h2><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5996707 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5996707\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-321d273\" data-id=\"321d273\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc765a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfc765a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to the second in the series on Digitalisation and the Digital Maturity Model aimed at helping demystify an often-confusing realm for leaders, by abstracting the technical to logical concepts. The idea is to help leaders more easily navigate a complex domain.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/digitalisation-one-cloud-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\">previous article<\/a>&nbsp;provided a backdrop as to why digitalisation will accelerate post-Covid19, set out the six aspects of the Digital Maturity Model, and covered the first of these, Cloud Platforms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbfc696 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbfc696\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cab41cb\" data-id=\"cab41cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56121ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56121ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This article looks at Cloud Native Applications \u2013 what they are and why you should be using them to provide solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-401bac8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"401bac8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d696ed\" data-id=\"5d696ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1dedf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1dedf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-02-11.20.09.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63cffcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63cffcd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8af5dbc\" data-id=\"8af5dbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff3d042 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff3d042\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bricolage<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee4575b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee4575b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72b8036\" data-id=\"72b8036\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb27ace elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb27ace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The author William Gibson is quoted as saying:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a09eeee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a09eeee\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f4963d\" data-id=\"0f4963d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7158b62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7158b62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88e91d2\" data-id=\"88e91d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b0c08c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b0c08c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gibson, himself, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2012\/01\/24\/future-has-arrived\/\" target=\"_blank\">cast doubt on whether he actually said that<\/a>; however, regardless of the truth of the quote&#8217;s provenance, it\u2019s a great way to look at the present in relation to the future. Okay, but what does it mean in practical terms?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another quote,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leadershipforchange.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Keith-Grint-Wicked-Problems-handout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">this time from Professor Keith Grint<\/a>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-280495b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"280495b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d6e1fb\" data-id=\"8d6e1fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f87f006 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f87f006\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9e548c\" data-id=\"d9e548c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262d480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"262d480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I won\u2019t dwell on the different types of problem other than to acknowledge that according to academic theory, leadership is a Wicked Problem (<a href=\"#tenpropertiesofwickedproblems\" target=\"_blank\">see below for the seven properties of a Wicked Problem<\/a>&nbsp;in the context of Cloud Computing). Software engineering is a Wicked Problem. Thus, the leader and the engineer are faced with solving the same class of problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatis.techtarget.com\/definition\/fail-fast#:~:text=Fail%20fast%20is%20a%20philosophy,a%20concept%20known%20as%20pivoting.\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Fail fast<\/a>, the philosophy of try, test, adapt, and adjust (i.e. if the solution isn&#8217;t working, find out quickly and pivot just as fast, is strongly aligned to the bricoleur argument made by Grint, above. In other words, use what you have, plug it together, and if it looks wrong, swap out the bits that aren\u2019t working and replace them with other things.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b9a1df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b9a1df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8529a51\" data-id=\"8529a51\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99897ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99897ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Enter the Native App<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1679b61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1679b61\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f90c6ae\" data-id=\"f90c6ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59f0bf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59f0bf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cloud Native Applications completely support this model. There are literally thousands of pre-canned components that skilled engineers can cobble together into any number of solutions. Using these pre-canned components comes with a number of attendant benefits:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It&#8217;s quick to develop. For a majority of components, connecting one to the other is simply about configuration.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s quick to deploy. Most of the solutions come with scripts to aid deployment &#8211; again, it boils down to configuration rather than bespoke development.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s quick to change. Swapping out, or reconfiguring a component is relatively quick and can be done in a fraction of the time it takes to develop from scratch.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;That\u2019s not to say you can\u2019t build something yourself \u2013 of course, you can if that\u2019s really what you want to do. But the sheer availability of solutions within Public Cloud means that you can save immense amounts of time by taking off-the-shelf components and having experts plug them together. In many cases, when you explain the solution you want, the experts will already have a good idea of what components to use.<\/p>\n<p>Common components are, by definition, fungible. For example, if the Azure implementation of Kafka doesn&#8217;t work in your context, for whatever reason, you can, instead, use the AWS one (or another provider\u2019s, such as Confluent). If you don\u2019t want to use Kafka as your event processor, you can use a different one.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The point is, you don\u2019t need to create a complex event processing engine from scratch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">With fungible software comes fungible expert engineers to implement it. If you build your own application componentry you may well find \u2013 as is the case with many legacy systems currently \u2013 that you\u2019ve paid resource to develop not only your software but also their expertise only to watch that expertise walk out of the door when the project is \u201cdone\u201d. Using Cloud Native Applications derisks the future because it provides a higher likelihood of being able to find available resource who can unpick parts of your bricolage and plug other parts in when the time comes to change\u2026 And, to paraphrase Bob Dylan: the times they are a-constantly changing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">If you&#8217;ve found<\/span>&nbsp;this article informative, please consider sharing it with colleagues and others in your network.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc845a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc845a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32de2ec\" data-id=\"32de2ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2a20d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2a20d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Next time...<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b1c345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b1c345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">In&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/storypositive.com\/digitalisation-three-devops-and-sre\/\" target=\"_blank\">the next article<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">, we\u2019ll cover the third aspect of Digital Maturity: DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Don\u2019t worry, it will also be aimed at leaders, not engineers.&nbsp;<\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-771364c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"771364c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd5ad10\" data-id=\"dd5ad10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7111117 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"7111117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 09-10-2023 *\/\nbody.elementor-page .elementor-widget-menu-anchor{margin-bottom:0}<\/style>\t\t<div id=\"tenpropertiesofwickedproblems\" class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2899a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a2899a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The 7 Properties of Wicked Problems<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c7022c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c7022c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0ab63a\" data-id=\"c0ab63a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04df489 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04df489\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1973,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urbanpolicy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Rittel+Webber_1973_PolicySciences4-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Horst W.J. Rittel and Melvin M. Webber<\/a>, identified ten properties of wicked problems, in their paper&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/BF01405730\" target=\"_blank\">Dilemmas in a general theory of planning<\/a>. The following are adapted, by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tobycorballis\/\" target=\"_blank\">the author of this post<\/a>, from these in the context of software engineering \/ Cloud computing:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><b>There is no definitive formulation of a wicked problem<\/b>. This is true in almost all software engineering projects. In Waterfall projects, it&#8217;s the reason specifications and software are subject to such a high-volume of Change Requests. In Agile projects, it evidences itself in the &#8220;fail fast&#8221; philosophy and in the constant reprioritisation of Backlogs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><b>Wicked problems have no stopping rule<\/b>. You can tell when you\u2019ve reached a solution with a Tame or Critical problem. With a wicked problem, the search for solutions doesn&#8217;t stop until the problem is tamed or overtaken by another problem. In software terms, this relates to the fact that once a Product is live, it then has to evolve to keep up with client expectations and demand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Solutions to wicked problems are not true or false, but good or bad<\/b>. Tame and Critical problems have solutions that can be objectively evaluated as right or wrong. The problem either works or it doesn&#8217;t. Choosing a solution to a Wicked Problem is largely a matter of judgment. Judgement may be flawed, which is another reason why, in Agile, we use the fail fast philosophy and in Waterfall the Change Request mechanism.<\/li>\n<li><b>There&#8217;s no immediate or ultimate test of a solution to a wicked problem.<\/b>&nbsp;Solutions to wicked problems generate unexpected consequences over time, making it difficult to measure effectiveness; meaning that effectiveness atrophies over time. What works today, may not work tomorrow &#8211; but that&#8217;s not testable until we get to tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><b>Every Wicked Problem is essentially unique<\/b>. Tame problems belong to a set (of similar problems), all solved using the same template. This, by the way, is an excellent use-case for Waterfall as a methodology. Wicked Problems are substantially without precedent; experience does not help address them. This is true in many leadership and software engineering problems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Every Wicked Problem is a symptom of another problem<\/b>. Tame and Critical problems are self-contained. Wicked problems codependencies on other problems. In software engineering, this is evidenced in dependent relations between other (internal and external) systems.<\/li>\n<li><b>Wicked problem have many stakeholders<\/b>, who all will have different ideas about what the problem really is, what its causes are, and, in many cases, what solution to adopt. This is why Agile (the subject of a later article) is so useful &#8211; it allows demonstration of problem solving in short timeframes to Stakeholders, allowing an increase in confidence early on.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div><br><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are Cloud Native Applications? 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