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"Know what I think of the work the last systems analyst team did? The proliferation of PDF reports created a jungle on my desktop. To figure out the cost of raw materials to us, I have to cut my way through the overgrowth of data, hacking my path with drill-down capabilities that I have had to create for myself. I delete everything that's irrelevant. Sometimes I rip out the excess vegetation until I see the numbers I need on my screen," says Henry Stanley, accounting supervisor for Zenith Glass Company. As you interview him, he points unhappily to an untidy stack of old printouts sprouting beside his desk. "Those were output from the work of a systems team who worked here a dozen years ago. I still keep them because you never know when you'll need them as a guide. It's definitely survival of the fittest around here."

Identify the overriding metaphor Henry is using to describe the reports he is receiving and the accessibility of information in them. In a paragraph, describe how this step helps you understand Henry's attitude toward any work proposed by your systems analysis team. In a paragraph, adopt Henry's metaphor and extend it in a more positive sense during your interview with him by writing six interview questions based on his metaphor.