Let’sgetstarted.It must beahardwareproblem.What did youtype inwrong to getit to crash?Has theclientvalidatedtheir data?There issomethingfunky inyour data.Who’sassignedto that?I’ll bring itto officehours.It’s justsomeunluckycoincidence.Somebodymust havechangedmy code.Must be adatabaseissue.Is it HL7or astandardflat file?I haven’ttouched thatmodule inweeks!It workedyesterday.It works, butit hasn’tbeen tested.When canI get thatquote forthe client?It workedin non-prod.Thatdomain istoo old.PECAWhatversionare youon?What isthePN?Isn’t thatIT’s job?Did youlog aYammer?Did youcheck for avirus on yoursystem?Are therespecs forthat?Maxbuffersize =infinityWhere wereyou whenthe programblew up?THIS can’tbe thesource ofTHAT!You can’tuse thatversion onyour system.Why doyou wantto do itthat way?Do you haveascreenshot?That’sweird…Must bea networkissue.It workson mymachine.Doesanyone needwork?{audiencelaughs}That’snot inscope.You musthave thewrongversion.How isthatpossible?It’s neverdon’t thatbefore.I didn’tchangeanything,must bemagic.I can’t testeverything!Let’sgetstarted.It must beahardwareproblem.What did youtype inwrong to getit to crash?Has theclientvalidatedtheir data?There issomethingfunky inyour data.Who’sassignedto that?I’ll bring itto officehours.It’s justsomeunluckycoincidence.Somebodymust havechangedmy code.Must be adatabaseissue.Is it HL7or astandardflat file?I haven’ttouched thatmodule inweeks!It workedyesterday.It works, butit hasn’tbeen tested.When canI get thatquote forthe client?It workedin non-prod.Thatdomain istoo old.PECAWhatversionare youon?What isthePN?Isn’t thatIT’s job?Did youlog aYammer?Did youcheck for avirus on yoursystem?Are therespecs forthat?Maxbuffersize =infinityWhere wereyou whenthe programblew up?THIS can’tbe thesource ofTHAT!You can’tuse thatversion onyour system.Why doyou wantto do itthat way?Do you haveascreenshot?That’sweird…Must bea networkissue.It workson mymachine.Doesanyone needwork?{audiencelaughs}That’snot inscope.You musthave thewrongversion.How isthatpossible?It’s neverdon’t thatbefore.I didn’tchangeanything,must bemagic.I can’t testeverything!

Software Engineering Phrases - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Let’s get started.
  2. It must be a hardware problem.
  3. What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?
  4. Has the client validated their data?
  5. There is something funky in your data.
  6. Who’s assigned to that?
  7. I’ll bring it to office hours.
  8. It’s just some unlucky coincidence.
  9. Somebody must have changed my code.
  10. Must be a database issue.
  11. Is it HL7 or a standard flat file?
  12. I haven’t touched that module in weeks!
  13. It worked yesterday.
  14. It works, but it hasn’t been tested.
  15. When can I get that quote for the client?
  16. It worked in non-prod.
  17. That domain is too old.
  18. PECA
  19. What version are you on?
  20. What is the PN?
  21. Isn’t that IT’s job?
  22. Did you log a Yammer?
  23. Did you check for a virus on your system?
  24. Are there specs for that?
  25. Maxbuffer size = infinity
  26. Where were you when the program blew up?
  27. THIS can’t be the source of THAT!
  28. You can’t use that version on your system.
  29. Why do you want to do it that way?
  30. Do you have a screenshot?
  31. That’s weird…
  32. Must be a network issue.
  33. It works on my machine.
  34. Does anyone need work? {audience laughs}
  35. That’s not in scope.
  36. You must have the wrong version.
  37. How is that possible?
  38. It’s never don’t that before.
  39. I didn’t change anything, must be magic.
  40. I can’t test everything!