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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1172549" data-attributes="member: 1246">UNDERSTANDING CORPORATE SPEAK:Essentially complete: It&#039;s half done.We predict: We hope to God!Risk is high, but within acceptable ranges of risk: 100:1 odds,&nbsp; or with 10 times over budget using 10 times the people we said&nbsp; we&#039;d employ.Potential show stopper: The team has updated their resumes.Serious but not insurmountable problems: It&#039;ll take a miracleBasic agreement has been reached: They won&#039;t even talk to us.Results are being quantified: We&#039;re massaging the numbers so they&nbsp; will agree with our conclusions.Task force to review: Seven people who are incompetent at their&nbsp; regular jobs have been loaned to the projectNot well defined at this time: Nobody&#039;s even thought about it.Still analyzing the requirements: See previous answer.Not well understood: Now that we&#039;ve thought about it, we don&#039;t&nbsp; want to think about it anymore.Requires further analysis and management attention: Totally out&nbsp; of control!Results are promising: Turned power on and no smoke detected --&nbsp; this time...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1172549, member: 1246"] UNDERSTANDING CORPORATE SPEAK: 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: They 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... [/QUOTE]

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