Definitions - ‘B’
Continuing with the definitions of project management, and associated terms:
‘Bcc’
(a) Blind Carbon Copy, or an email option where people can be copied without the recipient being aware.
(b) Method by which you can let the boss know that a co-worker is acting like a jerk, by describing the situation and sending it to the boss by ‘bcc’.
‘Benefits’
(a) Advantages or added-extras.
(b) Something we try very hard to identify - or invent - in order to get the support of the project stakeholders.
‘Best Practice’
(a) The concept that a good and proven process is being followed in the management of a project.
(b) In practice, very subjective. A company can simply say “We follow best practices” to justify the continuation of almost any worn-out process.
‘Big Picture’
(a) Overall view of a project.
(b) What your manager will say to justify that big salary, and avoid having to do any of the work (”You take care of all the details whilst I handle the Big Picture”).
“Brainstorming”
(a) Generating ideas within a group of people, where no idea is regarded as being bad.
(b) Session where the best ideas seem to be withheld, by clever employees who realise that their ideas could generate much additional work for themselves.
“Budget”
(a) The sum of money allocated to a project.
(b) The excuse used to avoid paying a bonus or salary increase “Sorry, there’s no budget for that”.
“Buy-in”
(a) Support of an idea.
(b) Something without which your project is doomed.