Buzzwords used in eCommerce Presentations
by David Barth, written in 2000
Achieve Project Definition......To Define a Project.
Architecture Direction............Design trend.
Bill Presentment..................Sending an invoice to a party.
Change Agent......................Something that causes change.
Collaborative Leadership........Management by two or more parties.
Consumer Aggregators..........Entities that provide a wide range of services to end-users.
Data Points..........................The results of tracking achievement over time.
Decoupling of Information......Separating a methodology from the data it transmits.
Deliver Value.........................To do work that achieves desired goals for the client.
Drive Change........................To cause an evolution in methods.
Dynamic Pricing...................Cost of services or products that is easily changed.
End-Game...........................The desired result of an action.
Enterprise Aggregators..........Entities that provide a wide range of services to companies or agencies.
Event-Driven Architecture.......An object-oriented approach to application development.
Heritage Data.......................Traditional analog information transmission over twisted pair.
Heritage Voice......................Traditional analog talk over twisted pair.
Holistic Approach.................Overall plan that take a wide view.
Macro Basis........................An underlying concept that considers most issues.
Net Centric Skills..................Skills necessary to achieve the desired goals.
Net-Centric Architecture........Architecture used to achieve a desired goal.
Operational Consolidation......Multilateral merging of expertise to achieve a goal.
Operational Consolidation......To combine functions.
Peer-Client Relationship........An engagement where the contractor and the client have an investment in the
venture.
Regulator Paradigm...............The attitudes, issues, and concerns of a government body that has authority over the
parties.
Revenue-Sharing Models.......Methodologies that describe how two or more cooperating parties divide income between
each other.
Run Metrics..........................Measurements for actions to achieve a desired result.
Skin in the Game................An investment by a party that encourages it to push for success.
Strategic Alignment...............A long-term multilateral agreement.
Strategically Aligned Governance......................A multilateral agreement between leaders to achieve long-term
goals.
Strategy-Led Perspective.......A viewpoint based on a long-term goal.
Transitioned Roles................Jobs that changed.
Universal Access..................Entry capability for the majority of persons or parties.
Vision of Future....................An idea or ideas that are desirable.
WAP (Wireless Application Protocol).......A methodology for connecting to the internet without using a hard
wire.