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Why in-house IT often creates not control, but dependency on 2-3 people, and why the project model is more systemically resilient.
"Your own IT department is more reliable than an external team."
Every time I hear this in meetings.
And every time it sounds like confidence.
But in fact - it's often an illusion of control.
In-house IT almost always turns into a system where:
From the outside, it looks like stability. Inside - it's a dependency on people.
One vacation. One departure. One overloaded engineer.
And suddenly:
This is not control. This is manual mode.
Yes. While they are present.
The problem is elsewhere:
This is not IT architecture. This is operational dependency.
Until you start counting.
A proper project team has:
In-house seems cheaper and more reliable.
Until you start paying for:
In-house IT gives the feeling of control. The project model gives control.
These are different things.
The question is not whether you have your own IT.
The question is different:
Can your system function without the people who "know everything"?
If not - you don't have a team. You have a risk.