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Sea Change – A drastic change in direction. E.g. “The new plan represents a sea change.”
Self-actualization – Being able to do something by oneself. E.g. “Johnny is really good at self-actualization”
Scalable – Something that can be enlarged or enhanced without modification and work on a small or large basis. E.g. “The new process needs to be scalable”
Scope – The planned for activity which may involve many items. e.g. “The new application is out of scope for this project.”
Scope Creep – The slow addition of items to a scope. It’s usually a negative impact with concern that the scope could becoming untenably large. E.g. “I’m really concerned about scope creep with all the changes that we’ve been making”
Seamless (integration) – Two discreet items which are made one through integration. E.g. “The payroll system has seamless integration with the human resource system”
Seed Money – The money needed to get a project started. E.g. “We need to get some seed money to start getting the resources we need”
Session – A meeting. E.g. “In this session we’ll discuss how we can start getting some seed money”
Show Stopper – Something which will prevent a project from moving forward. E.g. “This finding is a show stopper to the implementation”
Silo – Someone or thing all alone and not interacting with others. E.g. “We can’t be working in silo’s any more”
Silver Bullet – A special solution to a problem. E.g. “There is a no silver bullet to resolve this issue”
Sit-Stand Desk – A desk that be lifted to allow one to stand-up while working at their desk.
Six Sigma – An analysis of a problem or process and simplification of the problem or process. E.g. “We are going to take a six sigma approach on this process”
Skill Set – A group of skills needed for a particular task. E.g. “We’re going to need someone with a particular skillset to complete this.”
South Of – Something with is below budget – as opposed to being above or “north of”. E.g. “The project came in south of $1 Million” See also North of
Soup to Nuts – Everything included. E.g. “The project includes everything from soup to nuts!”
Spam – An unsolicited item. E.g. “This new finding is just spam”
Spearhead – The head of a project. E.g. “Who will spearhead this endeavor?”
Stage – For everyone to see or to line something up for a go-live. E.g. “It’s time for this project to be put on stage” or “We need to stage the equipment for the go-live”
Staging – Preparing things for an implementation. E.g.”We are staging resources in preparation for our implementation”
Stake Holder – Someone who is keenly interesting in something. E.g. “We need to keep the stake holders updated”
Startup – An initiative begun from the ground up. E.g. “This company is a startup.”
Status Report – A written report to give an update to key stakeholders. E.g. “Make sure you complete a weekly status report”
Strategic – Very important. E.g. “This project very strategic”.
Strategic Communication – Important information that needs to disseminated. E.g. “I think this needs to be a strategic communication to the entire organization”
Streamline – To simplify something. E.g. “We need to streamline this process”
Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Someone who has in-depth knowledge and/or experience with a particular matter. E.g. “Who is the SME for this particular aspect of the project?”
Suits – An executive. More of a slang term. E.g. “We want to make sure the suits are happy with the outcomes of this”
Survival Strategy – The plan to stay alive or current. E.g. “We should develop a survival strategy in case this does not work”
Sync Up – To communicate something out to the masses. E.g. “Make sure you sync up with everyone on this”
Synergize – To gain synergy. E.g. “We need to synergize this team”
Synergy – to make something work together. E.g. “This group has a lot of synergy!”
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