Here's a puzzle for you

[Dallas]

Don't send year 8.

Its not mandatory for them - is how you have worded it, they can mark them in-house?

[mudskipper]

The exam papers are stuffed into packets and loaded onto a truck and then driven to the scanning bureau where the packets are opened and then the forms are scanned.

The potential for mix ups is still to high. We need a clear and readily visible and un****upable way of distinguishing these papers.

Ah, you're happy for them to identify which papers to scan first? That's not what you said. Colour them differently then.

[Ticktock]

So, what did Suity suggest?

"Give me a few days to post a question think about it and I'll get back to you."

[DirtyDog]

A workshop?

It's good, but it's not right.

A series of workshops, followed by a flounce when the client ignores your best practice advice and goes for the simplest option?

[EternalOptimist]

The exam papers are stuffed into packets and loaded onto a truck and then driven to the scanning bureau where the packets are opened and then the forms are scanned.

The potential for mix ups is still to high. We need a clear and readily visible and un****upable way of distinguishing these papers.

have you heard of scope creep ?

[anonymouse]

Print one set with "YEAR 9" at the top, then print one set "YEAR 8" at the top. If not, then print one set with the first question being "WHAT YEAR ARE YOU IN?"

[suityou01]

Ah, you're happy for them to identify which papers to scan first? That's not what you said. Colour them differently then.

I was perfectly accurate in my description. The centres/schools are not trusted to read and collate. We want to scan the year 9s first.

Different coloured answer sheets is what I suggested, and has been accepted as workable. This is why I often feel like

[DirtyDog]

Use multiple bureaux.

[tractor]

have you heard of scope, creep ?

I think you missed a comma there, I FIFY

[suityou01]

OK so you wanna hear the next problem? (final one, promise)