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(1). A way to refer to a company’s sales force as a collective group without actually using the word “sales”.
(2). An operations term referring to a document or application that is being prepared for release.
“For a change of pace, this year the company is going to focus its hiring and compensation in the production area of the business.”
(1). The number of things you need to do to accomplish a task on your company’s computer system. The term is usually used when proposing system upgrades that will never be approved.
“Megan, if we spend a few dollars now on this upgrade, it will significantly reduce keystrokes for the entire team, meaning we should be able to keep headcount static for at least another year. Bangalore? No, I wasn’t aware we were moving Operations to Bangalore…”
(1). An artificial deadline for an IT or Ops project to be completed, generally ignored by staff and management alike. The “go live date” may actually occur anywhere between two weeks and three years from the original, stated timeframe.
“Hey Tom, what’s the go live date for that new client dashboard the neck beards are working on? I think when we told the higher ups December, they thought we meant of this year! Can you believe that? That’s only 11 months away! We gotta buy more time.”
