Lean from the Trenches

Appendix 1Glossary: How We Avoid Buzzword Bingo

Much of the Lean and Agile lingo sounds strange to normal people, especially non-English speakers. (Everyone on the PUST project speaks Swedish.) Words like product backlog, retrospective, user story, velocity, Scrum master, and story points can seriously alienate nontechies.

So, I’ve tried to de-buzzwordify as much as possible in this project. There’s no need to alienate people unnecessarily. Being careful about our choice of terminology has turned out to be very helpful, so let me share our glossary with you.

Needless to say, this chapter is most relevant to the Swedish readers.

Our Term	Literal Translation to English	What We Meant (Corresponding Buzzwords/Synonyms)
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