There was an engineer,manager and programmer driving down a steep mountain road.The brakes failed and the car careened down the road out of control.Half way down the driver managed to stop the car by running it against the embankment narrowly avoiding going over a cliff.They all got out,shaken by their narrow escape from death,but otherwise unharmed.
The manager said,“To fix this problem we need to organize a committee,have meetings,and through a process of continuous improvement,develop a solution.”
The engineer said,“No,that would take too long,and besides that method never worked before.I have my trusty pen knife here and will take apart the brake system,isolate the problem and correct it.”
The programmer said,“I think you’re both wrong!I think we should all push the car back up the hill and see if it happens again.”
一輛汽車行駛在陡峭的山間公路上,車內(nèi)坐著三個人:一個工程師,一個經(jīng)理和一位程序員。突然剎車失靈,汽車失去了控制,沖下山路。駕駛員拼命將車往路邊的護(hù)欄上撞,車終于停了下來,差點(diǎn)墜入懸崖。這幾個人從車?yán)镢@了出來,雖然安然無恙,但這樣的死里逃生讓他們心有余悸。
經(jīng)理說:“為了解決這個問題,我們需要成立一個委員會,幾次會議之后,拿出一系列的改進(jìn)措施,最終形成解決方案?!?
工程師說:“不行,那樣要花費(fèi)太長的時間,而且這種方法以前從未奏效。我隨身帶著鉛筆刀,可以把剎車系統(tǒng)打開,找出問題,加以解決?!?
程序員說:“我認(rèn)為你們說的都不對!應(yīng)該把車再推回到山上,看看它是否還會再沖下來?!?