BINGO!!!

Let’s talk about Alerting.

Alerting is like a nice fun game of BINGO.  When a new ball is pulled and the announcer yells out “Under the B… 6″ if everyone stood up at the same time and yelled “NO BINGO” and the one person who needed B6 yells out “BINGO” chances are you’d probably miss the winner.  There is a reason that only the winner stands up and yells “BINGO” and that is so the game can stop and the person can be easily identified as needing attention.

When you’re setting up your notifications and alerts you need to stop and think about what you’re really trying to accomplish in doing so.  The same type of mentality should be used if you use 3rd party software for monitoring/alerting/etc.  Your first instict might be to turn EVERYTHING on and it’s not long before you realize that all this is going to do is generate a HUGE amount of spam and white noise and chances are you’ll miss your “BINGO winner” who actually requires some attention.

Q:  How do you eat an elephant?   A:  One bite at a time.

This is a great way to look at notifications… start small and take little bites.  Once you’re comfortable with the information you’re receiving take another bite, and another bite and eventually you’ll find your sweet spot where you’re getting the information/notifications you want without the additional white noise/spam you don’t.

Enjoy!!