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I work with one system where the main entity is a “sale” which is processed beginning to end in some fraction of a second.

A different system I work with, the main “entity” is, conceptually, more like a murder investigation. Less than 200 of the main entity are created in a year. Many different pieces of information are painstakingly gathered and tracked over a long period of time, with input from many people and oversight from legal experts and strong auditing requirements.

Trying to apply the best lessons and principles from one system to the other is rarely a good idea.

These kind of characteristics of different systems make a lot of difference to their care and feeding.




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