Commonly heard phrases in software project meetings and what is actually being said:
| When this is said … | This is actually meant … |
| The schedule is aggressive | We are toast |
| We will makeup the slippage in the next few iterations | We are still toast |
| Executive summary | Cartoon version |
| High-Level | Not for real |
| Work continues | We are clueless |
| Time will tell | We are clueless and we admit it |
| Code complete | Not tested |
| The code has become unmaintainable | I would have designed it differently |
| Best practice | Invented by people who do not work here and therefore infinitely superior to anything we do |
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