Chapter 20Build a Bridge
Sometimes a particular tool or technology is just too different from what people are used to using. The barriers to fully adopting it are just too big. People have a limit to how much change they are willing to put up with in one shot. Perhaps your tool or technique is a new language in a different software platform. That’s two jumps, not just one. You cannot get there in one step from where your organization currently is. In these cases, I suggest using a bridge.
Bridges are tools or techniques that aren’t the ultimate solution you are looking for, but they also are not the status quo; they are an intermediate step between the two. The idea here is to use it for a while and then, when people are comfortable, move them ...
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