WHAT
CORPORATE LINGO REALLY MEANS
Essentially complete: It's
half done.
We predict: We hope to
God!
Risk is high, but within acceptable
ranges of risk: 100:1 odds, or with 10 times over budget using 10 times the
people we said we'd employ.
Potential show stopper:
The team has updated their resumes.
Serious but not insurmountable
problems: It'll take a miracle.
Basic agreement has been reached:
The @##$%%'s won't even talk to us.
Results are being quantified:
We're massaging the numbers so they will agree with our conclusions.
Task force to review:
Seven people who are incompetent at their regular jobs have been loaned to the project
Not well defined at this time:
Nobody's even thought about it.
Still analyzing the requirements:
See previous answer.
Not well understood: Now
that we've thought about it, we don't want to think about it anymore.
Requires further analysis and
management attention: Totally out of control!
Results are promising:
Turned power on and no smoke detected -- this time...
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