Thursday, February 2, 2012

The Engineer's Translation

THE ENGINEER'S DICTIONARY

* MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH - Back to the drawing board.

* DEVELOPED AFTER YEARS OF INTENSIVE RESEARCH - It was discovered by
accident.

* PROJECT SLIGHTLY BEHIND ORIGINAL SCHEDULE DUE TO UNFORSEEN
DIFFICULTIES - We are working on something else.

* THE DESIGNS ARE WELL WITHIN ALLOWABLE LIMITS - We just made it,
stretching a point or two.

* CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS BELIEVED ASSURED - We are so far behind
schedule that the customer was happy to get anything at all from us.

* CLOSE PROJECT COORDINATION - We should have asked someone else; or,
let's spread the responsibility for this.

* THE DESIGN WILL BE FINALIZED IN THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD - We haven't
started this job yet, but we've got to say something.

* A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES ARE BEING TRIED - We don't know where
we're going, but we're moving.

* TEST RESULTS WERE EXTREMELY GRATIFYING - It works, and are we
surprised!

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