Things that irk you......

Is “onboarding” one of the words?

 

My b.s. meter pegs when I hear that phrase ... in my neck of the woods it generally is translated as “the way I and like-minded souls think thus-and-such should be done because we sorta remember some survey somebody did once” ...

It’s also a bit of line-in-the-sand rhetoric: How can you be against following “best practices”?

 

Is that a “phase,” a “process,” or a “knowledge area?”

 

Yes.

 

I was thinking the same thing. I'm not sure what MC's PMP means, but where I am, it means Performance Management Process. In other words, it's our performance evaluation stuff, which evolved into something else, and borders on eSlave and iMfucked.

 

Also see: waterboarding.

 

I know it as Project Management Professional. Actually was about to start working toward this a few years ago and just couldn't get into the language.

 

Yep, this is what I was talking about.

It’s ALL about memorizing the language. The instructors tell you as much.

The best part is the test, which is multiple-choice. A lot of the questions are subjective, and more than one choice is technically correct. When you ask the instructor why one particular answer is MORE correct than another, they say “because the book says so. Memorize what’s in the book, whether you agree with it or not.”

In other words, it’s one giant scam.

 

Whaddaya mean BCWP isn’t the same as EV? They’re exactly the same thing!

Yes, but best practices ...

 

I got sent to the office in 11th grade for disagreeing with a teacher who said something that was in the book.

So did the guy who wrote on the chalkboard: "Name a wood that doesn't float."