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| 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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