Crossroads
I am saddened by the events of yesterday. I think Phil made the right decision, it's just too bad that it played out that way. The state lost a great resource for implementing the Governor's vision for IT. Although the organizational environment presented Phil with an insurmountable challenge and he really had no choice, I believe the treatment he received was neither just nor benefited the state in any way. Oh well. You don't really worry about a person like Phil. I just worry about the state IT community.
I am drawing nearer to a crossroads in my career, as well. As most of you know, I have been working for ITS in the capacity of a consultant. ITS and DAS wish to discontinue that relationship, and they have given me the opportunity to apply for the job that I am currently doing. They are no longer accepting applications, and I am told that interviews will begin next week. I have a lot of time and emotion invested in this place, and, if you have read this blog before you know that I have several projects that I would like to complete. I would like to stay here. I am confident that discord or disruption to the organization would actually be accentuated by my departure. There are a lot of efforts that I am keeping alive that would drop off the face of the earth if I left. But, of course, it is up to Division and Department management to decide what is in the best interest of the organization, so I won't worry about things too much. My work product stands on its own.
Speaking of my work product, yesterday I met with the Payment Portal enterprise team to go over the vision/scoping document that I had written. They had some very good suggestions, which I incorporated into the document. We will be meeting again today to try and finish it before tomorrow so it can be included in the packet that will be sent out to the cabinet for next week's meeting.
Also scheduled for today is a load test on Actuate 6 clustering. This is basically the last test of Actuate 6. It has been performing well to this point. I hope to have a migration plan for our customers soon.
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