AlveyProgrammeBullshitTest

(This is rumoured to have been used by some of the people assessing proposals to the old Alvey programme....)

1. Substitute all occurrences of the contentious buzzword with the word "magic".

2. Does the resulting document make sense? If not, then it's just blatantly plastered with the contentious buzzword in the hope that grants (or sales) are allocated according to buzzword frequency.

See also ToolMania

I'm gong to try that on my CV -- OliBye

"We think the only way to learn magic is by DoingIt. We were lucky and we found some time to suspend our MagicScepticism and just tried DoingIt. A lot of people never find this time and miss out. We thought we'd make a sandpit where MagicApprentices could meet. As DoingPairedProgramming is very much a part of magic, we decided we'd start a workshop (MtC) where you can bring along your laptop and index cards and we can all help each other with magic, which is the path to DeveloperNirvana."

Phew! What a relief! --DafyddRees