Chapter 6
Infrastructure as a System
Infrastructure design in itself is a tightrope act. A design is the
balance that is achieved by taking all stakeholders needs and
the business function into consideration and proposing a
solution that benefits the business while mitigating risks and
failure wherever possible.
Kalen Arndt
Infrastructure design is more than just designing the solution
to work, but also preventing risk of failure. You must really
consider all of the scenarios in which a solution can fail,
understand the impact, then mitigate or solve them within the
constraints of the design.
Joseph Sllvagi
There is no “perfect” strategic decision. One always has to
pay a price. One always has to balance conflicting objectives,
conflicting opinions, and conflicting priorities. The best
strategic decision is only an approximation and a risk.
Peter Drucker
Engineers work under various constraints: nature, cost,
safety, environment, ergonomics, reliability,
manufacturability and maintainability, among others.
P. Ghosh
The reason that fish form schools, birds form flocks, and bees
form swarms is that they are smarter together than they would
be apart. They don’t take a vote; they don’t take a poll: they
form a system. They are all interactive and make a decision
together in real time.
Louis B. Rosenberg
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Infrastructure as a System
Infrastructure design in itself is a tightrope act. A design is the
balance that is achieved by taking all stakeholders needs and
the business function into consideration and proposing a
solution that benefits the business while mitigating risks and
failure wherever possible.
Kalen Arndt
Infrastructure design is more than just designing the solution
to work, but also preventing risk of failure. You must really
consider all of the scenarios in which a solution can fail,
understand the impact, then mitigate or solve them within the
constraints of the design.
Joseph Sllvagi
There is no “perfect” strategic decision. One always has to
pay a price. One always has to balance conflicting objectives,
conflicting opinions, and conflicting priorities. The best
strategic decision is only an approximation and a risk.
Peter Drucker
Engineers work under various constraints: nature, cost,
safety, environment, ergonomics, reliability,
manufacturability and maintainability, among others.
P. Ghosh
The reason that fish form schools, birds form flocks, and bees
form swarms is that they are smarter together than they would
be apart. They don’t take a vote; they don’t take a poll: they
form a system. They are all interactive and make a decision
together in real time.
Louis B. Rosenberg
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
V. Proag, Infrastructure Planning and Management: An Integrated Approach,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48559-7_6
159