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Euan Uzami

more insane management speak phrases
« on: 04 July, 2011, 04:10:52 pm »
We have a new fellow in our department who is very fond of his buzz words and management speak.
I thought I'd heard them all but he came out with one that is completely new to me today "de-scope" !
as in, "we need to  descope this part of the project"
I'm still none the wiser as to what it means.

Another corker he came out with: "cross-functional" ! as in, "if we are to be a cross-functional team"

;D

The sad thing is it seems to be winning him a lot of favour in his quest for power, but that's another issue...

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #1 on: 04 July, 2011, 04:19:22 pm »
De-scope is one we use quite a lot. If we have a set of requirements which a piece of software needs to meet and there is a problem with actually getting the software to meet one of them, that requirement might be removed from the list of things to be done. Removed from the scope of the current piece of work. De-scoped.
Usual problem with a geeky, slightly lazy turn of phrase which then gets picked up by management because they think it makes them sound good

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #2 on: 04 July, 2011, 04:24:49 pm »
One I had recently.

"I'm right up there in the wheelhouse with you."

FFS
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #3 on: 04 July, 2011, 04:33:21 pm »
X requires a bio-break between 1:1s so please expect transfer delay.

Meaning: X needs the loo and will be late for her meeting.  :facepalm:

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #4 on: 04 July, 2011, 04:50:08 pm »
Just a number one though.  ;)
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #5 on: 04 July, 2011, 05:08:19 pm »
Peli that is a gem. Please tell me you made it up and nobody actually said it.

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #6 on: 04 July, 2011, 05:09:29 pm »
Unfortunately, it is not made up.  :-\ And it's not the worst I've heard, either.

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #7 on: 04 July, 2011, 06:53:30 pm »
X requires a bio-break between 1:1s so please expect transfer delay.

And who ever said it doesn't understand the word euphemism either!

S
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #8 on: 04 July, 2011, 07:40:53 pm »
I wonder if I could send "apologies for absence" to crappy meetings with "AFK bio"  :demon:
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #9 on: 04 July, 2011, 08:24:14 pm »
My paradigm clashes with neuro regressive syntax.
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #10 on: 04 July, 2011, 08:50:49 pm »
Oh god, now I really have the urge to send a 'declined' saying 'Sorry, I'm having a crap'
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #11 on: 04 July, 2011, 08:55:14 pm »
De-scope is one we use quite a lot.
+1. I'm not keen on buzz-words but cross-functional seems OK to me too - a team made up of people from different functions (departments/whatever) in the organisation.

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #12 on: 04 July, 2011, 09:00:21 pm »
Let's engage in a conversation to enable a soup-to-nuts deconstruction, or 'deep-dive', if you will.

 :sick:

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #13 on: 04 July, 2011, 09:04:39 pm »
There is something very comforting about going home and listening to someone who's views you rate highly, e.g. you right wassock wots up then?
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #14 on: 04 July, 2011, 09:06:19 pm »
Oh god, now I really have the urge to send a 'declined' saying 'Sorry, I'm having a crap'

You are not quite Paul Newman Henry Gondorf so I can't claim my £5. Would you settle for £2.50?
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #15 on: 04 July, 2011, 09:51:00 pm »
"Gaining traction" is currently popular in our salt mines.  "Socialising a report" is another.  Oh, and "derisking", which may or may not have a hyphen.
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #16 on: 04 July, 2011, 09:57:01 pm »
Oh god, now I really have the urge to send a 'declined' saying 'Sorry, I'm having a crap'

You are not quite Paul Newman Henry Gondorf so I can't claim my £5. Would you settle for £2.50?

You're going to have to explain. I can work out it's something to do with The Sting, but I've never seen it.
I suspect you may have just called me crude  O:-)
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #17 on: 04 July, 2011, 09:58:56 pm »
Agh !! RZ, you have one there that drives me barmy.

Senior management apparently 'socialised' a new policy before having some anonymous droid issue it.

And then they wonder why no-one complies.

Aaaaggghhhhhh!!!
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #18 on: 04 July, 2011, 10:00:59 pm »
Oh god, now I really have the urge to send a 'declined' saying 'Sorry, I'm having a crap'

You are not quite Paul Newman Henry Gondorf so I can't claim my £5. Would you settle for £2.50?

You're going to have to explain. I can work out it's something to do with The Sting, but I've never seen it.
I suspect you may have just called me crude  O:-)

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Euan Uzami

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #19 on: 04 July, 2011, 10:14:33 pm »
De-scope is one we use quite a lot.
+1. I'm not keen on buzz-words but cross-functional seems OK to me too - a team made up of people from different functions (departments/whatever) in the organisation.

Oh right! well that's not what I think he meant by it - from his explanation when I picked him up on it, it appeared to allude to the ability for us all to pitch in with each other's responsibilities.
Or, more precisely, the implied expectation for us others to pitch in with his. (Or even more precisely, the tasks that he was taken on to do, but hasn't done any of.)

You may be right, though - but that's the thing though, you just don't know - it means whatever the person using it wants it to mean, or in the case where they're just using it to sound like they know what they're talking about, nothing.

Euan Uzami

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #20 on: 04 July, 2011, 10:21:55 pm »
"Gaining traction" is currently popular in our salt mines.  "Socialising a report" is another.  Oh, and "derisking", which may or may not have a hyphen.

Agh !! RZ, you have one there that drives me barmy.

Senior management apparently 'socialised' a new policy before having some anonymous droid issue it.

And then they wonder why no-one complies.

Aaaaggghhhhhh!!!

"socialising" - I'm guessing that's making it look as if they're seeking consensus on it when in fact they're thrusting it on you whether you like it or not.

"derisking" - ....................    :-\ :-\ :-\ nope,  still baffled on that one!


Euan Uzami

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #21 on: 04 July, 2011, 10:22:33 pm »
another one:
"missed an opportunity" = didn't bother
;D

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #22 on: 04 July, 2011, 10:25:53 pm »
...it means whatever the person using it wants it to mean, or in the case where they're just using it to sound like they know what they're talking about, nothing.
Oh but that happens with everything else as well, especially (sorry) if marketing types get hold of it. "Home-made pies" that were made in the factory using "the same recipe" as at home. "Active garments" that don't have any active components in them. "Electronic publishing" (years ago) that used electronic systems (PCs) to produce print publishing. "Professional" sports equipment that no half-decent amateur would touch with a barge-pole.

It goes on and on.

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #23 on: 04 July, 2011, 10:32:55 pm »
another one:
"missed an opportunity" = didn't bother
;D
Or - completely fucked it up.
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #24 on: 04 July, 2011, 10:38:07 pm »
"Who's good to bubble the monetization piece up to [insert name of senior bod]?"

 :-X