What Is “IT Color Blindness”?
In the world of IT development, a pervasive condition exists that stalls progress, inflates budgets, and keeps stakeholders up at night. We call it IT color blindness.
It manifests the moment you try to fix a single item in your system. As soon as you take aim at a problem, you realize it depends on five other things. Those five things affect ten more. Before you know it, you are staring at a tangled web of dependencies. No one knows how deep the network goes until the work is done—and even then, we aren’t fully sure until we run the whole thing and pray there are no side effects.
But what if you could see the “colors” of your system clearly? What if you could reorganize your work to prioritize, specialize, and finally gain control?
The Three Layers of Every System Node
To cure IT color blindness, we have to examine each node in your system and analyze why it creates these dependencies. When we peel back the layers, we find three distinct areas of concern:
- The Gist (Business Logic): This is the business understanding in its pure logical form. It is the “why” and “what” of your operation.
- The Fashion (UX/UI): This is how the business information is perceived and consumed. It’s the interface, the look, and the feel.
- The Modernity (Technical Vehicle): This is the underlying technology that the information uses to move and store—the servers, the frameworks, and the code languages.
Reframing Systems as Assets vs. Consumables
Once you see these three layers, you can apply a classic economic perspective to your development: Assets vs. Consumables.
The MDriven method helps you reorganize your work so you can stop treating everything as a massive, tangled monolith. Instead, you can follow this simple rule:
- Own the Gist: Your business logic is your unique IP. You should own it and control it.
- Buy the Fashion: User interfaces change with the seasons. You can buy or build this modularly.
- Rent the Modernity: Technology evolves rapidly. You shouldn’t be married to a specific tech stack forever; you should “rent” the most modern vehicle available.
Why the MDriven Method Changes Everything
By separating the “Gist” from the “Modernity,” the MDriven method shrinks both investment and running costs. It removes the paralyzing tech dependencies that lead to “legacy” headaches.
The result? A fast return on investment (ROI) and a system that is safe and usable for small, mid-sized, and large corporations alike. In short, it makes IT safe for everyone.
How Model-Driven Design Solves Your System Dependencies
How do we actually achieve this? We use a standardized language: UML.
By building your system in a standardized, model-driven environment, you create a 100% accurate description of your system.
- For the Gist: You use UML to solve business problems directly.
- For the Modernity: MDriven provides modern technology that keeps your information safe and accessible.
- For the Fashion: You have no limitations in creative expression, using standard tools to build the interface your users want.
Achieve Information Freedom — Permanently
The MDriven method cures IT color blindness by separating information from technology. This separation allows both “camps” to excel without tripping over each other.
It’s time to stop guessing how deep the dependency network goes. It’s time for full information freedom without the tech headaches.
Want to dive deeper? Pick up our book on Amazon: MDriven: Doing Effective Business by Taking Control of Information. Experience the MDriven method today and see your systems in full color.
