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largely irrelevant: anything that takes text ?¬?les as input is fair game, whether it be a
C compiler, a Python script, a DBMS, or an application reading a con?¬?guration ?¬?le.
In the areas of the domain and the target platform, DSM offers the leverage necessary
to overcome any challenges. The broader contingencies of the situation, however, are
areas over which DSM has little control. At least in your ?¬?rst DSM project, trying to
radically change your market, business, or organization is generally biting off more
than you can chew.
For many readers, there will be only one domain over which they currently have
control. In this situation, there is limited choice available: as Yoda would put it,
???Do, or do not.??? The latter part of the quote??”???There is no ???try??™?????”is equally true in
our experience: those who decide to make a real go at DSM, rather than just dabbling,
are the ones who also make it succeed.
Other readers may have several domains within their purview. This generally
implies a position in a larger organization, either in charge of a number of areas or as
part of a research center or advanced development group. In such cases, the chances
are that you will ?¬?rst want to tryDSMout in one project??”both to con?¬?rm it works and
to be able to apply it subsequently with greater experience in other projects.
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