3 Stranded Men
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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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