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

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