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Engineers joked that a camel is a horse designed by a committee when they saw the machine's awkward attachments and incoherent controls.
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Engineers joked that a camel is a horse designed by a committee when they saw the machine's awkward attachments and incoherent controls.
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a camel is a horse designed by a committee
Proverb
An
expression
critical
of
committees
—
which
by
analogy
can
extend
to
both
group
decision-making
as
well
as
abstract
or
unrelated
managerialism
—
by
emphasizing
the
weaknesses
of
incorporating
too
many
conflicting
and
inexperienced
opinions
into
a
single
project.
The
distinguishing
features
of
a
camel,
including
its
humps,
plate-shaped
feet,
habitual
spitting,
strange
shape
and
poor
temperament,
are
treated
as
the
sort
of
deformities
that
typify
a
conflicted,
or
overly
idealistic,
design
process.
Japanese Meaning
委員会（またはグループ意思決定）の過程で、多くの相反する、もしくは経験不足の意見を組み込む結果、設計やプロジェクトが非効率的で不格好なものになってしまう現象を皮肉的に表現する諺。 / 個々の専門性を欠いた集団決定により、正常な設計が阻害され、結果として馬（機能的にも美的にも優れたもの）がラクダ（奇妙な形状や欠点だらけのもの）になってしまうことを揶揄する表現。
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