Defenestration literally refers to the act of throwing
[an object or person] out a window - a traditional Czech method
of political assassination dating back to the early 17th century.
However, in modern English usage, defenestration has
acquired several other meanings, both in the computer industry
(e.g. the act of exiting a windowing system in order to gain
performance or stability; the act of dragging an icon out of a
window onto the desktop; and the act of removing Microsoft's
Windows® operating system from a computer, to name a few)
and in general business (the act of throwing an existing
infrastructure model or business process "out the window"
and starting from scratch in order to achieve greater efficiency
without being hampered by the shortcomings of the old model
or process). This latter meaning is the one favoured by
saosce.
Here at saosce we believe there is always great
value in defenestration of incumbent models, even if
only in the planning stage in order to provide our clients with
a true representation of all options available to them to meet
their requirements.
saosce are positioned ideally to provide strategic
advice on the options available to organisations, as well as help
them through the process, whichever path they may choose to follow.
