Caught Me Mapping!

If you haven’t heard the song Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen this summer then consider yourself lucky. My 7 year old daughter plays it over and over and over and over.  I was sitting watching her dance to the song and had the thought that everyone must be having...  “How can I re-write those lyrics to be about Process Mapping?”  Well, I did exactly that.  Click on the following link to hear a Karaoke version of the song so you can sing along with my revised lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLBbY0orPxo

I know my job very well
Don’t ask, I never tell
I guess to you all is swell
And now you’re in my way

There is a way to do this
I’ll find it I can’t resist
Like the Chalet to the Swiss
Just get out of my way

Need all stakeholders
Wall, pen, stickies, folders
Unturned we’ll leave no boulders
What you think we’re doing, napping?

Hey, I’ve got stickies
Sharpies uncapping
This is a white board
You’ve caught me mapping

Like on Christmas morning
We’ll throw out the wrapping
I’ll fix this process
You’ve caught me mapping

Hey, we fixed the re-work
Everybody’s clapping
We cut the handoffs
You’ve caught me mapping

Even with the conflict
We’ve had no slapping
We fixed this process
You’ve caught me mapping

We thought the problems were small
Truth is I was appalled
Rework and gaps above all
Approvals in my way

We fixed it right it feels real
Should now be solid as steel
We checked to see how they feel
No one’s in our way

Need all stakeholders
Wall, pen, stickies, folders
Unturned we’ll leave no boulders
What you think we’re doing, napping?

Hey, I’ve got stickies
Sharpies uncapping
This is a white board
You’ve caught me mapping

Like on Christmas morning
We’ll throw out the wrapping
I’ll fix this process
You’ve caught me mapping

Hey, we fixed the re-work
Everybody’s clapping
We cut the handoffs
You’ve caught me mapping

Even with the conflict
We’ve had no slapping
We fixed this process
You’ve caught me mapping

Before I mapped this process
It was so bad
It was so bad
It was so, so bad

Before I mapped this process
It was so bad
It was so bad
It was so, so bad

Even with the conflict
We’ve had no slapping
We fixed this process
You’ve caught me mapping

Hey, I’ve got stickies
Sharpies uncapping
This is a white board
You’ve caught me mapping

Like on Christmas morning
We’ll throw out the wrapping
I’ll fix this process
You’ve caught me mapping

Before I mapped this process
It was so bad
It was so bad
It was so, so bad

Before I mapped this process
It was so bad
It was so bad
It was so, so bad

You’ve caught me mapping

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