Project Mayhem
This is what happens when the customer says, “Just one small change.”
Scope creep
UAT stands for this.
User Acceptance Testing
This is a rule the team agrees not to bypass.
Non-negotiable
This beverage becomes more important with every hour of meetings.
Coffee
This document keeps risks from living only in someone’s head.
Risk log/Project Status log/Project Logs/Issue log
This should happen before the customer starts testing.
Internal testing/validation
This kind of metric helps identify risk before the final result is missed.
Leading indicator
This item always disappears right before someone needs to present.
Mouse/Laptop Charger
This is the person everyone looks at when nobody knows who owns the next step.
Project Manager
This should connect the agreed requirements to what gets tested.
Test plan/ Test cases
This review helps confirm whether a project is ready to move into the next phase.
Milestone Readiness
This phrase usually means the meeting is about to run long.
Quick question
This happens when the timeline stays the same but the work gets bigger.
Delivery Pain/Schedule Risk/Pressure and Stress on the team
When customers find too many issues in UAT, this earlier phase probably needed more discipline.
Internal Validation/Testing
Without this from leaders, standards slowly become optional.
Enforcement
This person/thing remembers what was agreed after everyone else forgets.
Note taker