Recently our company went for BS7799 security certification. We are a CMM level5 company. They have also plans for getting CMMI certification. Sorry if you are not an IT pro, it may seem continuous bouncers for you. But if you ask any employee in an IT Company, “are you following all the rules what the certification manual put forward?” obvious answer is No. Some of them even go to an extent saying “all crap”. Why these companies go for certification is a different topic, but it is a very evident fact that, it’s to become trust worthy of western customers not the obsession for the quality or security.
When we look in to the fact that, why all these certifications are futile attempts to make people better or company a quality one our topic starts. Discipline is a character and rules are no different. Attempts should be done to make all these processes a part of company’s breathing. I mean to say, building up a CMM person and security maestros should be the vision of the implementation team. Let me take one e.g. of our daily life. When we were child we were told that, “Hey, you have to wash your mouth before having breakfast” and we were also taught, washing hands and face is must before having food. We religiously followed what ever they said. Yes, some of us hesitated to follow, and were also beaten up. Anyway, now we make sure that what ever was told is followed religiously. Not that we are following the rules told by them “It has become our part of character”.
Solution is unique here, imbibe the character of rule mandate don’t follow the rules. On Indian roads, we are told to follow some rules. Do we follow all of them? Look at western countries how do they react in a traffic jam. But my argument is not that, they will follow the rules, even there is no controlling body since it has become their part of character. But there is a slight difference in “Baby-mouthwash” example and this scenario. We later realized that what ever we were told to do in childhood was directly linked to our health and personal good. Unfortunately, later in life society rules and other rules are taken as something which is told for the benefit of someone else and so a necessity of a controlling body still exists. Let’s dream for a day, every one of us imbibe the rule not follow the rule.
When we look in to the fact that, why all these certifications are futile attempts to make people better or company a quality one our topic starts. Discipline is a character and rules are no different. Attempts should be done to make all these processes a part of company’s breathing. I mean to say, building up a CMM person and security maestros should be the vision of the implementation team. Let me take one e.g. of our daily life. When we were child we were told that, “Hey, you have to wash your mouth before having breakfast” and we were also taught, washing hands and face is must before having food. We religiously followed what ever they said. Yes, some of us hesitated to follow, and were also beaten up. Anyway, now we make sure that what ever was told is followed religiously. Not that we are following the rules told by them “It has become our part of character”.
Solution is unique here, imbibe the character of rule mandate don’t follow the rules. On Indian roads, we are told to follow some rules. Do we follow all of them? Look at western countries how do they react in a traffic jam. But my argument is not that, they will follow the rules, even there is no controlling body since it has become their part of character. But there is a slight difference in “Baby-mouthwash” example and this scenario. We later realized that what ever we were told to do in childhood was directly linked to our health and personal good. Unfortunately, later in life society rules and other rules are taken as something which is told for the benefit of someone else and so a necessity of a controlling body still exists. Let’s dream for a day, every one of us imbibe the rule not follow the rule.
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i liked the last thing you told on this post..."here rules are something which is told for the benefit of someone else"...absolutely true..
but BTW wat s Hiren discussing here???!!!!
'Ghajini'?
@Sonu thanks for dropping in..
I think Hiren meant this comment for a different post (Rang de Basanti)
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