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(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.”
(1). To update someone (usually your boss or your boss’s boss) on what’s been going on while they’ve been golfing.
“Since I’ve been off-site this past week, please bring me up to speed on what’s happened at the office.”
“I’ll feel better about it when I get up to speed on what’s going on.”
“Please bring me up to speed on this matter.”
“We’ll bring you up to speed on the day’s top stories after this commercial break!”
Props to Pablo for the submission!
(1). In out-of-office email replies, a polite way to say “I will not respond to you in any way”.
