Management Speak
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Roger Irrelevant said:
I heard a new one just this morning, possibly the worst ever. Somebody said "We need to T-shirt this problem". It turns out this means to determine whether a problem is small, medium, large or extra large. I honestly don't think I'll ever be able to look at the colleague that uttered that in the same way again.
Murder is legal in this situation I believe. I’m sure some legal expert will pop in and confirm shortly. Dr Jekyll said:
Roger Irrelevant said:
I heard a new one just this morning, possibly the worst ever. Somebody said "We need to T-shirt this problem". It turns out this means to determine whether a problem is small, medium, large or extra large. I honestly don't think I'll ever be able to look at the colleague that uttered that in the same way again.
I worked somewhere which used a very similar phrase and it wasn't that ridiculous. It wasn't sizing A problem, but sizing the various jobs that had to be do done/would be nice to get done to determine which were quick fixes and which looked like major projects.. There had previously been some debate about whether to use a points score to express a rough estimate of the work involved, or just small/medium/large. So if someone said 'T shirt it' they would be understood to mean. 'Lets each make some rough estimates as to how big these tasks are and compare our results, and express them as small/medium/large as opposed to using the points system'. 
king for asking them what the fking hell they were on about,
Scabutz said:
Dr Jekyll said:
Roger Irrelevant said:
I heard a new one just this morning, possibly the worst ever. Somebody said "We need to T-shirt this problem". It turns out this means to determine whether a problem is small, medium, large or extra large. I honestly don't think I'll ever be able to look at the colleague that uttered that in the same way again.
I worked somewhere which used a very similar phrase and it wasn't that ridiculous. It wasn't sizing A problem, but sizing the various jobs that had to be do done/would be nice to get done to determine which were quick fixes and which looked like major projects.. There had previously been some debate about whether to use a points score to express a rough estimate of the work involved, or just small/medium/large. So if someone said 'T shirt it' they would be understood to mean. 'Lets each make some rough estimates as to how big these tasks are and compare our results, and express them as small/medium/large as opposed to using the points system'. king for asking them what the fking hell they were on about,
T-shirt sizing is something that’s been widely used in Agile product delivery for decades. Just gives a team a way of comparing the difficulty of doing something. When used with the “cost of delay” of not doing it, you have a scale for prioritising the easiest; highest return things first.
Most of the Management speak sniggering on here seems to be born of ignorance from minion types.
Most of the Management speak sniggering on here seems to be born of ignorance from minion types.
wormus said:
T-shirt sizing is something that’s been widely used in Agile product delivery for decades. Just gives a team a way of comparing the difficulty of doing something. When used with the “cost of delay” of not doing it, you have a scale for prioritising the easiest; highest return things first.
Most of the Management speak sniggering on here seems to be born of ignorance from minion types.
Why is there a need for anything to do with t shirts? If the useful part of it is a size why not call it a size?Most of the Management speak sniggering on here seems to be born of ignorance from minion types.
Roger Irrelevant said:
I heard a new one just this morning, possibly the worst ever. Somebody said "We need to T-shirt this problem". It turns out this means to determine whether a problem is small, medium, large or extra large. I honestly don't think I'll ever be able to look at the colleague that uttered that in the same way again.
At a guess, agile story estimation. These concepts aren’t new.
wormus said:
SAS Tom said:
Why is there a need for anything to do with t shirts? If the useful part of it is a size why not call it a size?
What like feet and inches? Kilos? Perhaps European shoe size? It’s S,M,L,XL
Edited by wormus on Thursday 11th July 19:04
Why not jumpers, coats or gloves?
wormus said:
T-shirt sizing is something that’s been widely used in Agile product delivery for decades. Just gives a team a way of comparing the difficulty of doing something. When used with the “cost of delay” of not doing it, you have a scale for prioritising the easiest; highest return things first.
Most of the Management speak sniggering on here seems to be born of ignorance from minion types.
Literally heard this for the first time today at work. Managed to figure it out based on the context it was being used in, but have to say it surprised me a little.Most of the Management speak sniggering on here seems to be born of ignorance from minion types.
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