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Last updated on Monday, April 04, 2011.

Throughout my work in the past years, I discovered that many of the terms we use in our daily life have meanings which are totally different than the purposes they were created for and meant to describe.

In addition, i have also discovered some new terms and formulated their definitions as per what I have experienced.

Term Acronym Old Definition New Definition Comments
Project Manager PM A professional in the field of project management. A project manager is the person accountable for accomplishing the stated project objectives. A poor person, hated by everyone and accountable for everything in the world including bad weather forecasting!
Project Jeopardizer PJ - Too long to be defined here, please refer to the Project Jeopardizer post. AKA Project Monster
Delivery Team - The team assigned to the project and responsible for the delivery of the software. Enslaved people who don’t sleep nor eat. They should produce output under all circumstances.
User Acceptance Test UAT The final phase in a software development process in which the software is given to the intended audience to be tested for functionality. The phase at which the clients start understanding why they needs the software. It is the process of not accepting the work done unless clients understand they will pay for the extra work.
Change Request CR A formally submitted artifact that is used to track all stakeholder requests (including new features, enhancement requests, defects, changed requirements, etc.) along with related status information throughout the project lifecycle. A forbidden word that should not be used with clients as it is their right to ask for everything in their software even though it is not in the scope.
Risk - Probability or threat of a damage, injury, liability, loss, or other negative occurrence, caused by external or internal vulnerabilities, and which may be neutralized through pre-mediated action. An immoral word used by Project Managers to correctly plan for their projects. Deprecated as PJs don’t believe in its existence!
Strategy Wall SW - A justification for every bad decision taken by PJs to ensure that the project will fail!

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