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

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