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(1). Acronym for “as soon as possible” often used to impart a sense of urgency. In an effort to appear even shorter on time (and really important), many workers pronounce the acronym as an actual word.
“Hey Jeff, sorry to do this but I totally forgot Jonathan was coming in today so I am going to need those mock-ups ASAP.”
(1). A term used to indicate item(s) due at the end of a project.
“Oh, hey Tom…yeah, I know I still have a couple of outstanding deliverables on the conversion project. Sunday? Hmm…not sure that’s gonna happen. I think Jim’s around this weekend, though. Hey, Jim! Tom says you gotta come in on Sunday!”
Props to Guy G. for the submission.
(1). “Level Of Effort”, or in other words, how much of a pain in the processors it’s going to be to do whatever the business wants you to do to the system.
“Okay, so after further analysis, our LOE has changed a bit. We now think it’s going to take 378.4 man-days to complete this phase of the project. So, based on that, we’re going to need to allocate 25.6 man-boys to this effort.”
