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Unread 10-04-2009, 07:35
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Re: Thoughts from Lead Inspectors

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Originally Posted by Jeff Pahl View Post
We would prefer not to have to look at your handwritten list on the back of a napkin from breakfast.
I would definite concur with this. I know some teams follow the write-it-on-the-bus school of writing a bill of material. A good bill of material says a lot about a team, they are prepared, detail oriented, knowledgeable about what makes their robot work, and most of all willing to share information about their robot. Teams with these qualities I find enjoy inspections because it is a chance to share their robot with an interested person where the teams that seem to neglect the BOM are sometimes fearful and defensive during inspection.

Obviously this is just an observation and not the rule.
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