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

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