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This predated DevOps: we were using the Carnegie Mellon Capability and Maturity Model (CMM) which split roles into Plan, Build, Operate and Control with me in the Operate tier. I proposed the change, got Build to schedule and release it but I didn't get buy in from the architect of the system. He was toweringly, incandescently angry that I had dared touch his design. To the point where I think he tried to get me fired over it. Fortunately cooler heads prevailed because really I was right and it was all just an ego thing on his part. I took a page from my boss who was masterful at dealing with these kinds of things. We buried the architect in all things operational to the point where he eventually asked us to stop and grudgingly allowed we knew what we were doing. I don't know if he believed it or just wanted the emails to stop.