Hi, I'm writing a light-hearted article for a newsletter about pretentious and badly thought-out project names.
For example, classical, greek or literary names, where there are awkward or embarrasing connotations. E.g Project Exodus, for a company redundancy scheme.
Does anyone have any real examples I could use.... no company names mentioned please, just the project name, what the project was meant to deliver and whether it was successful.
Many thanks, B.
2006-12-06 23:45:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Sorry, just an added note - I didn't want to get too political here, work-related ones would be preferred......!
2006-12-06 23:51:00 · update #1
Oh I know, it's getting ridiculous isn't it. I have many examples, the most recent being Project Dolphin - roll out of new I.T. equipment! Yes it was successful I guess, but have no idea where the Dolphin reference came from. - Who agree's these names!?
2006-12-07 00:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by Queen Victoria of Port 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sex, Lies and Videotapes.
Was working at a local college when a training leaflet came through with the above title. All personnel in the office, men and women alike signed up for the course.
We all turned up at the end of the semester only to be bitterly disappointed when it was discovered that the training was actually a 4 hour long session on the Data Protection Act.
2006-12-08 07:13:25 · answer #2 · answered by Tamzi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Operation Iraqi Freedom
xxB
2006-12-06 23:48:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Inappropriate when documenting the parish bake sale. Not so bad for the wet T-Shirt contest down at Stinky's on Saturday night.
2016-05-23 03:16:32 · answer #4 · answered by Kelly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sports Personality of the Year
2006-12-06 23:53:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I once got a very curious mail from management once inviting me to contribute to a 'relaxation in the S&M environment'. I was so disappointed to find out that S&M was Sales and Marketing.
2006-12-06 23:50:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What about the plethora of ridiculous police operation names? I can't think of any just now hold on and I'll have a gander.
Have a look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_operations
2006-12-06 23:49:14 · answer #7 · answered by rondavous 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we were having a fund raiser and we auctioned off the managers. we called it slave for a day. we made a lot of money (who wouldn't want their boss doing their work for the day?), but some people got offended.
it wasn't who you might expect. most of us just had fun, but there is always someone to put a bad spin on things.
2006-12-06 23:54:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Operation "Iraqi Freedom"
2006-12-06 23:48:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Project name :Broken Fingernail Dragon
The message : some people are strange & will use anything for attension.
http://brokenfingernaildragon.blogspot.com/
2006-12-06 23:51:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋