Franks Olde Lexicone
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Mistakeholder Meeting
When the product Owner turns to you and grins and says "I reckon we can wing this one"...
Monday, 9 March 2020
Fansplaining
"Ah, I think you mean mansplaining: mansplaining is a portmanteau to describe overbearing men stating a point of fact to people with the presumption that the audience are ignorant or uninformed"..
I'd say mansplainers are fansplainers, fans of something specific, and here is the usefulness- what are they a fan of? Being right? Fans of belittling women or foreigners? Or genuine fans of a topic which temporarily blinds them to social courtesy?
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Stragedy
A stragedy is a long term activity for a large group of people, it has vision and a mission, some funding but the core values have been eaten by worms leaving only buzzwords or the measurements of success are missing so it's relevance will disappear much like a kite with a busted string.
Saturday, 12 May 2018
Isntstance
That in-house service that no longer has a team or owner, but persists for nearly a decade due to a clerical oversight.
Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Saturday, 14 October 2017
U.S.U.A.L
You work on an Agile team, your boss totally got it, he uses USUAL management practices: u shut up and listen.
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
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