War of the Words
For sailors, it's a haven in a storm. This tool is also very important to your vacation plans.
What is PORT?
This large integration project - between Atlantic and Central finally - completed this year. This accomplishment will result in a major Atlantic system to be decommissioned.
What is the Atlantic Siteminder Migration project? Siteminder?
This year we had the privilege to welcome this team with open arms. Like any good family, we immediately gave them a new name.
Who is the NPE team? Non-Prod Env't team?
This geographic region had become the envy of the rest of the world during COVID.
What is Atlantic Canada? Atlantic bubble?
There is an old saying "many hands make light work." This ratio is an indication of how busy we are in IT and where we get help. This year we hit around 35% on this ratio.
What is the Contractor Ratio?
This is the last official step to close an IT project but sounds more like a company that makes tea or T shirts.
What is TECO?
Albeit temporarily, this year we said good bye to our morning commute and now require special permission to visit this once occupied facility.
What are the Bell offices?
You've had enough of "it" and you won't take any more of "it" - from your children. But the word for "it" is pronounced the same as the name of our largest three-year upgrade & technology rationalization project which started this year.
What is SAS Evolution? Sass?
This fashion accessory - previously rarely seen worn on streets of Canadian towns and cities - has become a fashion "must have" in 2020.
What is a face mask?
There is an old saying "Pay me now or pay me later". It aptly describes the planning of the timing of our capital and opex spend.
What is monthly forecasting? YEE?
When you go to the hospital to have blood drawn for blood tests, the professional who takes your blood are more correctly known by this word.
What is a Phlebotomist?
A beloved Canadian TV game show host passed away this year. We are honoring his memory with this game.
Who was Alex Trebek?
This project was not COVID related but "masking" was still required to hide certain information.
What is the Data Masking project?
In 2020, this notorious leader got Covid, lost his job, and was kicked out of his house.
Who is Donald Trump?
There is an old saying "under promise and over deliver". Using every minute of their time on meaningful work, our team members exceeded on this critical performance metric.
What is Productivity? Productivity metric?
People who are beekeepers who focuses on just one species are more correctly known by this word.
What is a Apiarists?
This US Supreme Court Justice fought for gender equality and spent a lifetime flourishing in the face of adversity.
Who was Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
No police were involved in this project - but this project involved policing certain locations to safeguard and protect.
What is the Security Project?
The term COVID-19 is actually a condensed name for what?
Corona Virus Disease that was discovered in 2019.
There is an old saying "a penny saved is a penny earned". This annual program removes duplicate or unnecessary applications, servers, and their related costs.
What is our Decommissioning program?
This play was a Broadway hit. We use this tool for official time reporting.
What is CATS?
You are not whistling "it" but you have decommissioned "it" this year.
What is DXSI or Dixie?
We had been accused of hoarding and had been asked by our leadership to clean house. This project led the way.
What is project Pack Rat?
During the start of Covid, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil's folksy way of telling residents to stay home has become an unofficial provincial rallying cry.
What is "Stay the Blazes Home"?
There is an old saying "a day late and a dollar short". This was one of our most challenging projects/ programs all year - with time delays and cost pressures.
What is Window's Currency?