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Project Management Sadness (PMS)

PMS is a medical condition related to stress, the condition causes project managers to excrete a stinky mucus like film from the pores of their skin. This condition has been known to effect other species such as construction managers and business managers, and is particularly bad in relation to project management trainee's and administrative staff.
(1) The office trailer stinks like Project Management Sadness (PMS).
(2) Stay home from work if you have PMS, it's contagious and spreads through email.
(3) Stay away from Primavera P6, studies have shown that it can lead to severe cases of PMS.
by Cheese_Sandwich1985 December 9, 2019
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Failure Management

Failure management encompasses a comprehensive set of practices aimed at addressing and mitigating issues or faults in systems, products, or processes. It begins with the detection of failures, whether through sensors, monitoring systems, or human observation, followed by a diagnostic phase to understand the underlying causes. Once identified, strategies are deployed to reduce the impact of the failure, which can involve immediate fixes or the implementation of redundancy measures. Furthermore, failure management emphasizes learning from failures to prevent their recurrence through improvements in design, processes, or training. Proper documentation and risk assessment play vital roles in this process, ensuring that organizations can effectively respond to and learn from failures to enhance reliability and safety.
Failure management involves the systematic identification and diagnosis of faults or issues in systems.

It is followed by the implementation of effective mitigation strategies to minimize their impact.

Proper documentation and risk assessment are integral components of failure management, aiding in the development of strategies to prevent future failures and maintain the integrity of systems and processes.
by GOLDENPRO1089YT October 4, 2023
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Copper wire management

Management style focusing solely on relaying information and instruction from the ownership level to the staff level and vice versa. A Copper wire is simply a conductor which transfers energy from one end to the other, it does not generate a spark on its own. As such appropriately named, this management style does not initiate any process, legitimate or perceived, it takes no responsibility for outcomes by routinely holding the other end of the copper wire responsible when one end has raised any issue.
I just got a crap load of work piled on me by my manager and I complained to him.... but all he said was don't blame me I only relay information from the top.

He's pulling some major copper wire management tactics on you!!!
by S and S man November 23, 2011
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texas manwater

a slang term for unknowingly drinking human urine
At a party, if someone plays a joke on someone they despise. For instance, filling a beer bottle with urine, or mixing a drink with urine. Originated in Lincoln, Nebraska a group of friends began to refer to the the drink as Texas manwater.
by BurnoutNova May 22, 2008
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Management

Telling employees that they really are not understaffed by using "numbers" when we all know that numbers can tell whatever story you wish to tell, truth and fallacy. Directing you to the REAL definition of "Management" which Merriam Webster does not agree.
Management: We crunched the numbers and you really don't need that many staff--how can you disagree with the numbers? Just because we had 6 people before, had added .5, and now have just doesn't mean you need that many!
by DeceitNeverWins October 25, 2010
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project management

The management of projects. Typically, this is all about figuring out what's needed, working out how to satisfy that need, costing it out, doing the job and delivering the product/service or whatever.

Some say it's science, some say an art. Whatever. It keeps a lot of pencil-necks in jobs and forms the bedrock of capitalist growth through cost, time and quality controlled efforts.

If you want an example of good project management, take 5 to figure out how they built a pyramid in ancient Egypt.
Getting a shag out of Estelle requires more project management than I can conjure up. You'd need a Harvard MBA to figure out a route into her box.
by Wizards Sleeve June 6, 2005
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mana mentalist

One who is adept at casting pow regen (crack) and healing other teammates while still blasting the crap out of baddies in DAoC.
Ulala is teh sexay mana mentalist.
by Ulala CrackDiva September 29, 2004
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