LOC101.010 - business lingo...

not sure why we do it or how we even learned.

it just comes naturally when in discussions at work where you talk about the "low hanging fruit" and the "quick wins" and the "let's take a step back here". when i think about it, it just rolls off the tongue (let's take this offline, is that value-add for the client, let me play devil's advocate...). i know most of these can be annoying and overused so i make it an effort to not use them - except when i'm with fellow consultants.

so "when push comes to shove" and you see us just rattling off gibberish left and right,  don't wait until "the end of the day" to have us go through a "come to jesus" moment. don't go "out of pocket"- just "bite the bullet", "tee it up" and tell us how it should be.

LOC101.002 - our LOA (love of acronyms)

be sure to get this ARQ in the BRD by EOD. oh, and update the FDD for that IF as well.

it's not on purpose, i swear! but there's just something about acronyms. maybe it's the fact that we don't want to say as much or say the same thing too many times or just like seeing letters instead of words. it just rolls off the tongue and natural for us. sad thing is that we recognize it and create glossaries at different projects to make sure that we're all on the same page with the different acronyms used at that specific client site.

so next time you see one of us, be sure to shout out some random letters!