Office Talk Dictionary – W



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WAD – Working as Designed.  E.g.  “Is this a problem is it a WAD?”  See also Working as Designed

Walk – Letting something go away.  E.g.  “This needs to walk before we can continue.”

Walk-on – A discussion item at a meeting that was not on the agenda.  E.g.  “Do we have any walk-on items to discuss?”

Water under the bridge – Something that was a problem but is no longer a problem.  E.g.  “That issue is water under the bridge now.”

We – You.  Someone might suggest that “we” do something but they really mean you.  E.g.  “Why don’t we work on this task together later this week?”

We Can’t Boil The Ocean – An impossible task.  E.g.  “In terms of fixing the system, we can’t boil the ocean so we’ll have to look at other options.

Weeds – Small details.  E.g.  “Let’s not get into the weeds here.”

Wheel House – The place from which you control what you are doing.  E.g.  “Is this request in your wheel house?”

White Flag – Something which would cause someone to give up.  E.g.  “To me, this issue is a white flag.”  See also Red Flag.

Win-win – Something that is positive to all parties involved.  E.g.  “This is a win-win for everyone!”

Work Effort – The amount of effort needed to complete a task or project.  E.g.  “This project has a very large work effort and I don’t know if we have the resources to complete it.”

Worker Bee – Someone doing the actual work.  E.g.  “We should get this information to the worker bees”

Workflow – The actual process in which work is done.  E.g.  “What is the workflow for checking this customer out?”

Working as Designed (WAD) – Something working as created versus working as it was desired that it worked.  E.g. “We researched this issue and determined that this is working as designed.”


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