The other evening I was reflecting on past projects I've worked on – as a gentleman often does. When I started work as an IT tadpole I first worked on PEO, graduating to RMS then TMS. I then worked on the CRS Portal, EMISWeb and interfaces to LV and PCS. Lately I have been doing work with BVA, NAO and ePIMS.
Other than suffering under my hand – what have all these applications got in common? Are they all high-transaction wonder apps? No. Are they all shrink-wrapped money spinners? Not that either. Are they all groundbreaking super fast system software? Nope, nope, nope. The real connection is that they all have boring names.
I don’t know if there is something about business type applications that encourages people to give them vague three letter acronym names. Perhaps users of these applications need to be in a sedate state of mind before use so hand them software in a grey box with a vague name. Otherwise hyper stimulation and all kinds of unpleasantness may ensue.
However 7 years of working on apps with generic TLA names is enough. So, starting from tomorrow I’m going to rechristen all my apps. I won’t be working on IPD tomorrow – it will henceforth be called Timux Turbo Polka Fortress Green Hat v5.1. My project manager will be delighted.
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