From the movie "Office Space", the acronym is short-hand for so many possible word combinations, however the beauty of the T.P.S. Report is that no one truly knows what it is or what "T.P.S" stands for. Used to express that something is useless busy-work.
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Get the T.P.S. Report mug.In software development, a TPS Report is a quality assurance document that stands for "Testing Procedure Specification". This report is part of the IEEE 829 standards.
However, in the modern cubicle culture, TPS is an acronym meaning "Totally Pointless Stuff", which was made famous in the movie Office Space. TPS Reports are meaningless pieces of documentation that must be filled out but that nobody reads.
As an inside joke, many cubicle workers have duped their managers into renaming their routine status reports as "TPS reports" under the guise of other acroyms such as "Time and Productivity Status"
However, in the modern cubicle culture, TPS is an acronym meaning "Totally Pointless Stuff", which was made famous in the movie Office Space. TPS Reports are meaningless pieces of documentation that must be filled out but that nobody reads.
As an inside joke, many cubicle workers have duped their managers into renaming their routine status reports as "TPS reports" under the guise of other acroyms such as "Time and Productivity Status"
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You must remember to have the new cover sheet for these reports, otherwise Bill and everyone else in the office will annoy you.
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As in : What your boss does with TPS reports.
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Man, these idiots up there at the division staff are TPS Reporting the hell out of me! Six of them have all called in the last hour asking for that brief I put together last night.
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Sending a list of completed goals to your management because they are too lazy to read a standard status report to get updates.
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