PROJECT MANAGERS GLOSSARY

. Major technological breakthrough:
Back to the drawing board.

. Developed after years of research:
It was discovered by accident.

. Project slightly behind original schedule due to unforeseen
difficulties:
We are working on something else.

. The designs are well within allowable'limits:
We just made it stretching a point or two.

. customer satisfaction is believed to be assured:
We are so far behind schedule that the customer was happy to get
anything at all from us.

. Close project co-ordination:
We really should have asked someone else.

. The design will be finalised in the next reporting period:
We haven't started it yet, but we've got to say something.

. A number of different approaches are being tried:
We don't know where we are going, but we're moving.

. Test results are extremely gratifying:
It works and we are surprised.

. Preliminary operational tests are inconclusive:
The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch.

. Extensive effort is being applied on a fresh approach to the
problem:
We just hired three new guys; we'll let them kick it around for
awhile.

. The entire concept will have to be abandoned:
The only guy who understood the thing, quit.

. Modifications are underway to correct certain minor difficulties:
We threw the whole thing out and are starting from scratch again.