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Major Technological Breakthrough = Back to the drawing board.
Developed after years of intensive research = It was discovered by accident.
The designs are well within allowable limits = We just made it, stretching a point or two.
Test results were extremely gratifying = It works, and are we surprised!
Customer satisfaction is believed assured= We are so far behind schedule that the customer was happy to get anything at all.
Close project coordination=We should have asked someone else; or, let’s spread the responsibility for this.
Project slightly behind original schedule due to unforeseen difficulties= We are working on something else.
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.
Extensive effort is being applied on a fresh approach to the problem=We just hired three new guys; we’ll let them kick it around for a while.
Preliminary operational tests are inconclusive=The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch.
The entire concept will have to be abandoned= The only guy who understood the thing quit.
Modifications are underway to correct certain minor difficulties=We threw the whole thing out and are starting from scratch.
Essentially complete. = Half done.
We predict…=We hope to God!
Drawing release is lagging. = Not a single drawing exists.
Risk is high, but acceptable.= 100 to 1 odds, or with 10 times the budget and 10 times the manpower, we mayhave a 50/50 chance.
Serious, but not insurmountables, problems.= It will take a miracle. God should be the program manager.
Not well defined.= Nobody has thought about it.
Requires further analysis and management attention.=Totally out of control.
The project is designed for high availability.= Malfunctions will be blamed on the operators mistakes.
This project has low maintenance requirements.= We wouldn’t let the technicians change a light bulb, much less fool around with our baby.
The software is being developed without excessive process overhead.=The documentation will be written in clear and lucid Chinese.
The delivery is scheduled for the last quater of next year.= This leaves us plenty of time to decide who to blame for it being late.