Consulting Jargon
"Rockstar" analyst
Someone who crushes; a high-performer
EOD
End of Day
Consultants frequently use this tool to build pretty slides for clients
PowerPoint
This person is Accenture's CEO
Julie Sweet
This is the name of the lawyer in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch
"Double Click" (into a topic)
To dive deeper, to get more detailed on that topic
SME
Subject Matter Expert
This is the primary goal of a consultant
Will accept two answers:
1) to improve the performance of the client company
2) to make money
The name that Accenture was formerly known as
Andersen Consulting
This mammal, weighing up to 2000 lbs, is the largest in North America
The Bison
"Boil the ocean"
To try to do something impossible, or otherwise unnecessarily difficult/complex
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
This phrase is used to describe consultants who are not currently staffed to a project
On the bench / on the beach
This is the phrase that "Accenture" comes from
Accent on the Future
This was Google's original name
Backrub
"Keep the lights on"
To do the bare minimum, "business as usual" processes.
RFP
Request for Proposal
This term refers to the billable hours a consultant spends on client work, often used to measure productivity.
Chargeability (or utilization rate)
The number of employees Accenture has globally
~774,000 (as of Aug 31, 2024)
FM stand for this
Frequency Modulation
During a meeting: "Let's add that to the parking lot"
To save a topic for later
MECE
Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive
This term, which includes phases such as requirements gathering, design, build, and test, is referred to as...
or software development lifecycle
Accenture's HQ is located in...
Dublin, Ireland
This lake, located in Central Asia, is the largest in the world.
The Caspian Sea