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Oracle Performance Firefighting, written by
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<p>The ancient Spaniards had a saying that goes, "He was a brave man that day."2 In other words, you may be awesome, but you're not awesome every day! So get other people involved, just in case you can't do it all.
p><p>I take a pragmatic view regarding people who say they can do it all: either they are lying or they have never been involved in an intense firefighting situation. Either way, you don't want to work with them.
p><p>Figure out what skills are needed and get them. This is not always so simple, because sometimes the skills are diverse and not available in your group (and perhaps, they should not be available in your group). For example, the typical DBA group will not have operating system tuning experts and application functional experts. The key is clearly identifying the required skills, regardless of where the skills reside. First deal with the scoping, or the definition, and then work to secure those skills.
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