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

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