The cost and value of standards
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In this lesson
show that every standard buys something and costs something, so each must earn its place.
Planned topics
- Value: teams stop re-deciding, work moves between teams, operations and security get predictable behavior.
- Cost: slower local choices, compliance effort, and a standard that fits nobody well.
- A standard nobody follows costs credibility and gives no value.
- Ask of each proposal: what recurring pain does this remove, and for how many teams?
Draft outline details
Demonstration
a two-column ledger for "all services expose a health endpoint": value (one on-call runbook, one load balancer check) against cost (one hour per service).
Check your understanding
When is a standard not worth having?
Show answer
When its cost to teams exceeds the pain it removes, or nobody follows it.
Practice
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