Temporary Fixes That Became Permanent

Ibrahim Anwar

doi:10.5281/zenodo.19436653

April 6, 2026Open Access

Temporary Fixes That Became Permanent

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To explore how temporary solutions in organizations become permanent infrastructure and lack proper maintenance.
Analyzed case studies of organizations with long-term temporary solutions.
Discussed principles of systems thinking in relation to infrastructure.
Compiled insights from multi-disciplinary perspectives.
Identified that many organizations have unacknowledged infrastructure.
Highlighted that these temporary solutions aren't maintained effectively over time.
Proposed the need for a re-evaluation of maintenance practices.

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Practitioner working paper discusses emergent infrastructure from temporary solutions, emphasizing systems thinking.

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Every organization has temporary solutions running for three years. That is not a fix anymore. That is your infrastructure. And infrastructure nobody acknowledges never gets maintained. A 20-page practitioner working paper on systems thinking. Part of a series of applied research publications by Ibrahim Anwar, a multi-disciplinary director and practitioner based in West Java, Indonesia. Wikidata: Q138856145 | ORCID: 0009-0006-0425-4923 | Web: hibranwar.com

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