"Work stack" - FFS

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So in addition to the likes of 'reach out', 'align'; 'ducks in a row', 'going forward' etc etc etc...we now have 'work stack' instead of workload.

Losing the will to live.

Ps no AIBU. The use of 'work stack' is unreasonable.

See also: Agile methodologies increasingly being used in non-software project management.

Actually in my experience it's not the method(ologies) that are used, just the words; so every useless twat in the world now calls things agile but what they actually mean by that in the context of an organisation only exists in their head.

@daimbarsatemydogsbone

See also: Agile methodologies increasingly being used in non-software project management.

Actually in my experience it's not the method(ologies) that are used, just the words; so every useless twat in the world now calls things agile but what they actually mean by that in the context of an organisation only exists in their head.

Yes, actually, you're very right.

I do get the takeaway thing. If I have been on a training session, I might learn interesting stuff but the takeaway is the bit that I am going to go back and use in my practice.

I had "swimlane process" the other day....

@Ceci03

I had "swimlane process" the other day....

Swimlane processes have been about since the 1990s (actually much earlier than that).

But again, the name comes from software engineering and now people who don't / never have worked in IT have started nicking our terminology without really understanding what it means.

@PeonyRose80

All you need is a growth mindset…. kill me now! You mean do more work in less time!

No, that isn’t what that means. Google it.

Honestly, there’s enough business bullshit around without people revealing their own ignorance about quite useful, specific phrases that they don’t understand in the category…

@MasterBeth

Honestly, there’s enough business bullshit around without people revealing their own ignorance about quite useful, specific phrases that they don’t understand in the category…

Exactly.

'I think this is stupid because I don't understand it' does not equal 'this is stupid'.

@MasterBeth I know it doesn’t… but in my workplace that is how they interpreted it which makes me mad!

Oh fuck off - what a stupid term.

My work was taken over by a new company - every meeting someone says ‘let’s do a deeper dive into this issue’ I just want to tell them to eff off and stop being pricks.

My current work phrase hate is “[name] is holding the pencil on this”. Also, once ‘we’ have a new phrase, it’s used ALL the sodding time.

I hate to break up a good whinge! But 'Slide Deck' is quite an old term, from the days when slides were those cardboard frames you put in a projector. Deck of cards - Deck of slides. And might 'Work stack' just be a pile of work waiting to be dome, like a stack of wood waiting to be chopped? Not computery at all.

I dislike "incredible".

@happychops

My current work phrase hate is “[name] is holding the pencil on this”. Also, once ‘we’ have a new phrase, it’s used ALL the sodding time.

Ugh, yes, I hate this one too. It’s pen in the version I’ve come across, and I really can’t articulate why I hate it so much. Maybe because like you say once it enters the vocab it’s flogged to death until something new comes along.

Op work stack is used in agile - as in a specific methodology where you break projects into smaller tasks or stacks that can be delivered rapidly to customer satisfaction.. its actually really cool ! Go with the flow ... you might learn something

@TheVolturi

I hate the ducks in a row.

From around 10 years ago "Let's Park that Idea"... Grrgh! I am another one that has kept my soul and my head down!

Christ, I’m glad I retired in 2014 and have just been doing a spot of private practice! It was bad enough before I left. Seems it’s worse now.

I was kinda hoping ‘work stack’ was a stack of biscuits or pancakes to eat whilst working and now I’m disappointed.

I'm ok with granular level, been using granular for decades, but I refuse to reach out to people, especially if they are in a different continent. My arms aren't that long

@TulipsGarden

I refuse to use all of these phrases. I'll never get promoted (at my current company) but I will retain my soul.

My lot are all IT/Tech

It’s all reach out and touch base and stuff

I refuse to use reach out and studiously use Contact…

My oh auto deletes emails with stated pronouns on them

The NHS uses most of these, then has a set of especially irritating phrases that are all its own:

'We are where we are'. Translation - we're in a fucking mess and we all hate each other, but let's make a vague effort.

Resilience. Translation - we know your workload is untenable and you're on the verge of breakdown, but we'd like you to think it's because you're emotionally deficient.

YANBU
Have not heard of work stack

And since when did a PowerPoint presentation become a “Deck”. I just don’t understand taking something that has a literal, clear, meaning (a bit like workload), and giving it an alternative name that makes no sense.

@Noangelbuthavingfun

Op work stack is used in agile - as in a specific methodology where you break projects into smaller tasks or stacks that can be delivered rapidly to customer satisfaction.. its actually really cool ! Go with the flow ... you might learn something

That's not how it's interpreted in my organisation...it's used in place of work load