Doing a Knowledge Dump on T minus 8, and Counting…
Well, it's going to be an interesting week as I have a bunch of meetings with the folks here to try and give them as much knowledge as possible in the remaining eight days I have at the Shop. It's back-to-back meetings and tons of questions. Luckily, I've written so much down in the time I've been here, there's little they can ask for that I haven't already written down. But there have been a few little things that I've consolidated into a document for them. Seems only fair.
What amazes me about the transfer process is that there seems to be a decision at this point not to assign an individual for each system. I can understand the logic in having broad coverage of all the systems, but human beings are pretty easy to figure out - if they aren't going to be responsible for something, and they are busy with other work, the optional stuff is going to get dropped.
Maybe it's going to be different after I leave and someone decides that things need to be looked after in more detailed manner. Maybe they'll let me show all the systems to all the people and then they can decide what best fits where. I sure hope so.
I've voiced my concerns that if no one picks this up, when a problem does occur - and they do - eventually, there won't be anyone with even the bare knowledge to start digging into the cause. It's my fear, and now that I've expressed it, I'm done. No need to keep beating the issue. The decision has been made.