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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">I</span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">’</span><span class="" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">m
writing to you as I need your insight for my research study, if you could kindly participate in my survey.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">As part of my research project at Chalmers University, </span><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">I
have conducted a research-survey about 23 types of wastes (collected from literature and though studies) that software developers or anyone involved in software development activities, might experience in their work/ organizations.</span><span class="" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">"In Lean thinking, anything that doesn’t add value is considered Waste."</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">Now I really need your input to help us understand what wastes are the most important
according to you and your experiences.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">So, I really appreciate if you participate in my survey (15 mins approximately), and
also spread it amongst your team/colleagues, and help us correct and improve our research.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/apdBnDLXecV4XIs93" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;">https</span></a><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/apdBnDLXecV4XIs93" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;">://goo.gl/forms/apdBnDLXecV4XIs93</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">I hope that you will also find it interesting reading on these wastes and to see which
ones occur in your work or organization. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">Lots of thanks in advance for your help and support! :)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">Cheers,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 39, 41);">/Hiva</span></p>
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