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Re: FIRST is really looking into the Einstein problems

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Originally Posted by JaneYoung View Post
It's a good time to say, thank you, to everyone involved.

There's a big difference between transparency and a fish bowl. These people need the freedom to think and to work together without the pressure of a reality show atmosphere that the CD community could help to create if they were more transparent with the process.

They need this time to work and all they need from us is our support. They know they've got that.

Jane
Jane,
I think the issue is that many of the members of these boards do Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) in our everyday jobs. This is large base of expertise that could hel;p out including mentors who work for suppliers that make the components in question. I know I would feel better if they solicited peer review of their plan because there a lot of people who think they know how to properly do this type of work but don't really go in depth on it, or understand how to apply the ACE/Six Sigma processes.

I agree that they should not do this in a bubble, I'm just not sure that FIRST has demonstrated they have the most capable people involved in the process, and if they had asked for support many of us could have aided in the preliminary fault tree or other preliminary trouble shooting to set up the test plan. I hope that representatives from NI and CISCO were at least consulted for formulating the test plan.
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