Wednesday June 19th, 2012, ???, NS, JotD, AAD 19
Rise, with Intention, at 5:45. Sitting, shower, and out to work. Second day that on the way out I lost the thread of the day before I even got to the Jeep. In to work, and on to planning the next phase of the project. We're at the requirements phase, and I need to draw out many of the details from the business owner. This is our normal way of operating: a one sentence statement becomes the basis for a development project, with the expectation that this one sentence is enough for us to work with. Unless this sentence is Joycian 30 page sentence, it is never enough. Such is the joy of project management and business analysis.
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Reviewing the 6-Sigma Voice of the Customer tools with our ITLP yesterday, and the slide on Mura, Muri, Muda came up again. A bit of a flash, and a thought occurred to me: if this is the definition of the three things we're seeking to address in a process:
Mura - Inconsistency
Muri – Overburdening
Muda – Non-value adding
I can see Guitar Craft/Circle analogues/aphorisms:
Muri – (Honor) Sufficiency
Muda – (Honor) Necessity
What then is Mura? Discipline? A consistent practice? Something that bears some thought, and finding the question that goes with it.
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Head home for the Wednesday night dinner, 9 in the house for the evening, including the Kalifornia Krew, my nephew and a visitor from Ireland. On the menu: tequila-lime pork carnitas, roasted potatoes, corn with lime & manchego. Watermelon and grapenut ice cream for dessert.
Pre-meal workout with Micah. No run today, but we did a cross-fit workout from one of the Friday sessions:
200 yard sprint
then 3x, all KB are 35#:
5 KB presses (each side)
10 KB rows (each side)
15 burpees
20 KB overhead swings
200 yard sprint
Both sucking wind by the end. Micah can blow by me in the runs, but I've got better KB mechanics, so I was done a bit ahead of him (on the 3.5 mile runs, he's well ahead of me). A good workout, made a bit tougher by the heat.
Dinner, good conversation, practice, and then to bed.
