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Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 9th January 2010

Dilbert//7574, first published sixteen years ago on Saturday 9th January 2010


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meeting scheduling business jargon surprised impressed business


Official transcript

The Boss says, "Let's schedule a scenario-based roundtable discussion about our enterprise project management."

The Boss says, "We'll use our infrastructure survey tool to architect a risk-based tiering system."

Dilbert says, "That almost meant something."

Wally says, "I'm tempted to stop acting randomly."

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

LET'S SCHEDULE A SCENARIO-BASED ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR ENTERPRISE PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

WELL USE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SURVEY TOOL TO ARCHITECT A RISK-BASED TIERING SYSTEM.

THAT ALMOST MEANT SOMETHING.

I'M TEMPTED TO STOP ACTING RANDOMLY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Risk-Based Tiering System"

Summary:

This comic strip follows the typical Dilbert format, featuring a meeting scene with a group of office workers, including the titular character, Dilbert, a bald, bespectacled man with a pointed head and a suit.

Panel 1: The scene opens with a conference room setting, where the boss is addressing the team. He announces that they will be scheduling a scenario-based roundtable discussion about enterprise project management. The other employees look unimpressed, with one of them, Wally, already checking his watch.

Panel 2: The boss reveals that they will use an infrastructure survey tool to architect a risk-based tiering system. The employees seem skeptical, with Wally muttering under his breath, "That almost meant something."

Panel 3: The boss concludes by stating that he is tempted to stop acting randomly. The employees look on, seemingly unconvinced by his declaration.

Overall: The comic strip pokes fun at the bureaucratic nature of corporate meetings and the use of jargon to sound impressive. The boss's attempts to sound knowledgeable and in control are met with skepticism by his employees, highlighting the absurdity of the situation.

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