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April 13, 2005

Deliverable (A Ten Minute Play)

Brian Calandra

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Scene: Requirements Discovery in 6B (uh, I mean, “Strategic Planning”)

Open on table, center stage, perpendicular to audience. A Proxima projector sits on it, facing upstage. Three chairs sit on one side of the table, two on the other. Susie fritters about the room, K enters out of breath, and stands awkwardly by a chair.

K:
You were moving so fast through the cubes, I could barely keep up. {Chuckles} I was lucky to find this. I… I really don’t think I can find my way back.

Susie:
You’ll get the hang of it -- you’ve just got to remember to turn left after your third right before the filing cabinet on your left facing the fax machine to the right of that small row of cubes. Or you can just take the fourth left after your second left by the bathroom after you make a right past the receptionist.

K:
Oh, yeah. Sure. I wonder why they don’t number these offices. At my last company….

Susie:
Heh, yeah. But if you numbered everything, you’d have to remember a number, a name, and a location. This way you just remember the name. He-he! {She giggles}

K:
Yeah, I…guess.

Susie:
You’ll get the hang of it.

K:
So this is the HoldmeBachs kickoff meeting? The project starts now?

Susie:
Oh, no, we’re months in. And we can’t kick the project off! How can we kick this off without setting the requirements? That’s like trying to eat toothpaste with a straw!

K:
What?

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Posted by Rock Heals at April 13, 2005 12:10 AM