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(1). Taking on a bunch of crummy accounts in hopes that one or two of them will turn into a good account. Some do, most don’t.
“Look, sometimes you just have to keep kissing frogs until one of them turns into a prince! One of these companies is bound to go public someday! And when it does, we’ll be ready!”
(1). During a systems integration, areas where the old and new technology can easily (read: cheaply) be linked.
“Okay, so I’m sure we’ll be able to identify some swim lanes when we’re drawing up the functional spec for the custody conversion project.”
(1). An excuse made by employees to management or other co-workers for a seemingly ridiculous or blatantly time-wasting request or project.
“Okay team, we need to run a full analysis of every transaction in the Smith account since 2002. This is a client-driven request, so let’s roll up our sleeves and bang this out as quickly as possible.”
