A dictionary of modern lifeOriginal definitions · Illustrated satire
Lucifer’s Lexicon

Modern life, properly defined.

Subjects

Agile & Delivery.

Agile, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, delivery metrics, ceremonies and the consultancy ecosystem around them.

6 published definitions

  1. Product & Customer

    MVP n.

    The smallest thing management is willing to call finished and customers are expected to call useful.

  2. Corporate Speak

    OKR n.

    A goal made measurable so its failure can be reported quarterly.

  3. Agile & Delivery

    VELOCITY n.

    A number derived from the past and employed to disappoint the future.

  4. Agile & Delivery

    STORY POINT n.

    An imaginary unit of effort, valued chiefly for the precision with which it obscures time.

  5. Agile & Delivery

    SAFE n.

    A system for preserving the spirit of agility by protecting management from it.

  6. Agile & Delivery

    AGILE adj.

    A software-development method for treating the absence of a plan as adaptability.