Wednesday 20 April 2016

'Twas on a Monday morning the QA team came to call...

With sincere apologies to Flanders and Swann here's a music hall song - find the tune and original lyrics on YouTube:

'Twas on a Monday morning the QA team came to call.
The Q at UK Uni. wasn't getting A’d at all.
They surveyed all of the feedback loops to try and place the blame
And we had to call the learning team to shape them all again.
CHORUS: Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.
'Twas on a Tuesday morning the learning team came round.
They formed and stormed, reporting back:
"Just look at what we’ve found:
The systems fail at every turn, but we’ll make sure they run".
Then they tinkered and they fretted and said: “It can’t be done!”
CHORUS: Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.
'Twas on a Wednesday morning the head consultant came.
She called me Pre-Vice Chancellor, which isn't quite the name.
She couldn't see a work-around without a legal change
But for that we’d need widespread support, which she didn’t think was strange.
CHORUS: Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.
'Twas on a Thursday morning the Minister flew in
He looked at all our workings and threw them in the bin.
He put his plan before us – and sent it in a Tweet
But before he’d drafted Bills and Acts he’d gone and lost his seat!
CHORUS: Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.
'Twas on a Friday morning we sat and scratched our heads.
With professors and top admin staff we tore his plan to shreds
We crafted all new guidelines - but we found when we were done
We'd reinvented processes we had when we’d begun!
CHORUS: Oh, it all makes work for the working man to do.
On Saturday and Sunday we do no work at all;

So 'twas on a Monday morning the QA team came to call...

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