Deadlines Glossary
Browse 5 deadlines terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
5 Deadlines Terms
- Calendar Driven Development
- A mocking term for making product and engineering choices mainly to satisfy dates on the calendar rather than technical readiness or user value. In engineering...
- Crunching
- Working sustained long hours under deadline pressure, especially late in a project when leadership expects extra effort to force a release over the line. It is...
- Hard Stop
- A firm non-negotiable end point in time, scope, or process. In engineering slang, hard stops matter because too many technical plans quietly assume one more...
- Midnight Oil
- A phrase used in the expression 'burning the midnight oil,' meaning working late into the night, especially to meet deadlines or finish difficult technical...
- Tick Tock
- A reminder that time is running out and delay is becoming costly. In engineering slang, tick tock is what someone says when a deadline has become part of the...
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