The number of people assigned to a project that can be hit by a bus without impacting the project's completion. This number should be as high as possible.
For the slasher game project, the bus number is three, but there are only ten people on the project.
by PsychoPuppyDad November 18, 2008
The standard method for having an unreasonable deadline met just in time. Usually quoted when the time given, staffing levels or design constraints will not be met in any other way.
Sam: "This project will take three months from beginning to end, design, develop and test."
Boss: "It's due in three weeks."
Sam: "Well, we take one week to train sixteen new people, one week to do all of the design work, and four days to write the code. Then a miracle occurs, and we ship just before the deadline."
Boss: "It's due in three weeks."
Sam: "Well, we take one week to train sixteen new people, one week to do all of the design work, and four days to write the code. Then a miracle occurs, and we ship just before the deadline."
by PsychoPuppyDad August 03, 2010
A specialized injury found often in baseball parks. As the tarp is run out over the field to protect the surface from rain, one of the team trips (or loses a leg), and is covered by the tarp.
by PsychoPuppyDad July 31, 2010
Well, I have three finals today, a baseball game this afternoon and a date this evening, so I'd be happy to read your psych paper in my copious spare time.
by PsychoPuppyDad May 29, 2011
Disappeared, presumed permanently missing. Dedicated to anyone in the Tri-State area who ends up offending someone and ends up sunk in the Hudson River.
by PsychoPuppyDad July 15, 2009
A disastrous event produced when the manager delegates every possible aspect of the planning to others who have real jobs and don't actually complete anything on schedule.
David go to Dublin this week? Who wouldn't want to go to Dublin?
Dude, none of the presentations were ready - there was a total delegation meltdown.
Dude, none of the presentations were ready - there was a total delegation meltdown.
by PsychoPuppyDad October 04, 2011
Express Love is the pain of having a crush on your regular FedEx or UPS driver, and ordering more and more stuff from the Internet just to get a glimpse of him (her).
by PsychoPuppyDad January 07, 2017