Useful Tools
A planning and decision-making tool used to assess the potential positive and negative effects of proposed projects
What is a Clinical Impact Assessment tool?
The melody is from a 16th century Welsh New Year’s Eve carol. 50% of this song's lines are simply "Fa la la la la la la la la".
What is Deck The Halls?
Sung by greats like Mel Tormé and Nat King Cole, “The Christmas Song” opens with a line about what roasted holiday treat?
What is chestnuts?
Wanting to capitalize on the success of the “Peanuts” comic strip, this soda company commissioned “A Charlie Brown Christmas” as a holiday special in the mid-1960s
What is Coca-Cola?
TSD
Used to assess a user's contentment/discontentment
What is CSAT and DSAT?
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter José Feliciano wrote this holiday song in 1970 while feeling homesick at Christmas. "Merry Christmas" in Spanish.
What is Feliz Navidad?
A traditional holiday food in the United Kingdom, it is made with a mixture of dried fruits, spices, and suet, a type of fat. The filling is then baked inside a small pastry shell.
What is a mince pie?
This December holiday, which honors various African harvest festival traditions, was invented in 1966 by Professor Maulana Karenga
What is Kwanza?
CAB
What is the Change Advisory Board?
A set of information functioning as a user guide to solve common problems. This may include how-tos, troubleshooting guides, and FAQs
What is a Knowledge Based Article?
Children often infamously change the lyrics of this song to "...Batman smells, Robin laid an egg. The Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away!"
What is Jingle Bells?
A traditional German fruitcake often eaten during the winter holidays. It is made with flour, yeast, butter, and sugar and is typically filled with dried fruits, nuts, and spices.
What is stollen?
The Lunar New Year falls in January or February with each year dedicated to a zodiac animal. There are this many animals.
What is 12?
ISM
What is Information Security Management?
A person who has accumulated great knowledge in a particular field or topic and this level of knowledge is demonstrated by the person's degree and/or through years of professional experience.
What is a Subject Matter Expert?
A French song about the arrival of Santa or Father Christmas, sung from the perspective of a child hoping that Santa won’t forget the toys
What is Petit Papa Noel?
A potato pancake fried in oil and served with sour cream and apple sauce. It is a traditional dish eaten during Hanukkah.
What is a latke?
Literally meaning “head of the year,” this three-day holiday celebrates the Jewish New Year. In English it is sometimes referred to as the Feast of Trumpets.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
JESC
What is the Joint Executive Steering Committee?
A written amendment to an existing contract after the effective date that alters the work, the contract sum, or the contract time
What is a Change Order?
This traditional German Christmas carol was written in the early 1800s. In English the title translates to "O, You Joyful" and is about Christmas time and the birth of Jesus.
What is O du Fröhliche?
A sweet bread traditionally eaten in Italy during the winter holidays. The bread is made with flour, sugar, eggs, and butter and is typically filled with candied fruit and raisins. Often served with hot chocolate or a glass of wine.
What is panettone?
Observed for eight days and nights, Hanukkah starts on the 25th day of this month on the Hebrew calendar.
What is Kislev?
TGIF
What is Thank God It's Friday?