MyLaffs Joke #1469
DICTIONARY OF PROJECT TERMS
Major Technological Breakthrough
-- Back to the drawing board.
Developed after years of intensive research
-- It was discovered by accident.
Project slightly behind original schedule due to unforeseen difficulties
-- We are working on something else.
Customer satisfaction is believed assured
-- We are so far behind schedule that the customer was happy to get anything at all from us.
The design will be finalized in the next reporting period
-- We haven't started this job yet, but we've got to say something.
Test results were extremely gratifying
-- It works, and are we surprised!
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 a while.
Preliminary operational tests are inconclusive
-- The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch.
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.
