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Software Engineer, Hardware Engineer and Department Manager

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  • 26-06-2001 1:53am
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    smoke.me.a.kipper
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    A software engineer, hardware engineer and departmental manager were
    on their way to a meeting in Switzerland. They were driving down a
    steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes failed. The car careened
    out of control, bouncing off guard rails until it miraculously ground
    to a scraping halt along the mountainside. The occupants of the car
    were unhurt, but they had a problem. They were stuck halfway down the
    mountain in a car with no brakes.

    "I know" said the manager. " Let's have a meeting, propose a Vision,
    formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals, and through a
    process of Continuous Improvement, find a solution to the Critical
    Problems and we'll be on our way."

    "No," said the hardware engineer. "I've got my Swiss army knife with
    me. I can strip down the car's braking system, isolate the fault, fix
    it, and we'll be on our way."

    "Wait," said the software engineer. "Before we do anything, shouldn't
    we push the car back to the top of the mountain and see if it happens
    again?"


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