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(1). A day in which the lies parents tell their kids about their job are tested, with moderate to no success.
“Ok Danny, when daddy said he “worked with Derek Jeter”, he didn’t so much mean he played for the Yankees, as he cleans the locker room at Yankee Stadium.”
(1). A term used by Operations or IT to denote a project or enhancement that is considered a low-priority (see nice-to-have), but is promised to be included in a later upgrade. Day 2 projects generally never get started despite repeated promises by IT to allocate future resources to them “in the next release”.
“Thanks for the input there, Don…but I think we’re going to have to consider your plan to rebuild our transaction processing infrastructure a Day 2 Project for the time-being. We have much more important things in the hopper right now…like our new app. People love apps, Don. People love apps.”
(1). A huge, and largely cosmetic, upgrade to your current, obsolete systems. Or in other words … money well spent!
“So, we are looking to roll out the platform uplift sometime in Q2. Certain dependencies remain which may impact this timeline, including Ken over here never showing up for work. Oh, and Ken? Can you see me in my office after this call?”
