An efficiencer program could be longer. It could give you enough time to start with the bigger picture concern of identifying automation and efficiency opportunities. It could send you forth into partner companies to interview people working there and discover pain points. Once you’d gathered up those needs using the interview techniques you were taught, you could bring them back to home base. There, people would show you how to identify good and bad candidates for automation. They could show you how to write user stories and tell you why you do this, instead of just teaching you teh agilez.
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