Posted on 06/02/2017 6:16:54 AM PDT by heterosupremacist
1. Blue-sky thinking
2. Idea shower
3. To ‘action’ a project
4. Going forward
5. Brainstorm
6. Getting the ball rolling
7. Drill down
8. Out of the loop
9. Thinking outside the box
10. Touch base
11. Singing from the same hymn-sheet
12. Circle back
13. Strategic fit
14. Bottom line
15. Low hanging fruit
16. Win-win
17. Play hardball
18. Best practice
19. On my radar
20. Bench mark
21. Value added
22. To run an idea up the flagpole
23. Results driven
24. Revert
25. Game-plan .
26. Hit the ground running
27. Customer centric
28. No ‘i’ in team
29. Back to the drawing-board
30. Re-inventing the wheel
31. Dot the ‘i’s and cross the ‘t’s
32. Action plan
33. Bells and whistles
34. Moving the goalposts
35. Back of the net
36. On the same page
37. Open door policy
38. To ‘ping’ an email
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You forgot my personal favorite “paradigm shift”
Take it offline
Happy path
From the late 90s: “Your call is very important to me...”
Didn’t see “Reach out” during my quick scan of the list.
I absolutely abhor that one.
“We need to ‘touch base’.”
In Flight
Lessons Learned
Both of these apply when they are used out of context.
“Open kimono”
Project Roadmap
Scope Creep
Small Wins
Reporting Metrics
Shifting Priorities
Project Refresh
Performance Benchmarks
51. Not having enough bandwidth to complete the project
“Reach out” is horrible! Makes me cringe and want to slap someone every time.
I think most of those phrases are highly useful. Sure, styles change, but if they do their job communicating a thought or idea succinctly, that is a good thing.
I know what a guy means when he uses the phrase “paradigm shift”. And it takes a lot more words to communicate the same thought without using those two.
The single phrase that annoys me is “robust”, if only because it is overused. i.e. it is used where it does not really apply. It’s become a sort of marketing term.
“On boarding”
Team player!!!!!!!
I hate ‘proactive’.....................
‘Opportunity’
“shoot me/you an email”
minimally viable
Project Roadmap
Scope Creep
Small Wins
Reporting Metrics
Shifting Priorities
Project Refresh
Performance Benchmarks
But as a Business Analyst, I use the phrase “scope creep” all the time. Usually I’ll say, as someone wants to add functionality after the development phase has begun, “that sounds kinda scope creepy.” “Scope Creep” communicates a clear position.
Showstopper
Scalable
Eco-Friendly
Fusion
Performance Gap
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