An old friend and former colleague from a previous life is stopping by tonight. Brady likes drinking beer on front porches, I have beer and a front porch…the thing was basically Meant to Be. I haven’t seen Brady in probably 10-15 years - he’s spent the past decade or so of his semi-retirement wandering the Earth like Kane from Kung Fu - so when he let me know he was going to be in town it triggered some old memories.
Perhaps my favorite memory is when someone from our old team (I don’t think it was me?) verbified his name. To wit:
bradilate (verb) - |BRAY-duh-late| - to close Jira tickets as quickly as is humanly possible
NB: The act of bradilation has precisely zero bearing on whether or not any actual work got done. Efficient ticket closure is the sole necessary and sufficient condition.
This term is useful for anyone who has to deal with Jira on the daily, and has enormous potential applicability in the tech industry.
Putting some long-overdue backlog grooming on the calendar? Why not call it what it is: a 30-minute bradilation sesh.
Feeling a little overwhelmed because you bit off a bit more than you could chew this sprint? A few minutes spent bradilating might calm your nerves.
Automation went haywire and accidentally generated hundreds of unwanted tickets? Man…wouldn’t it be great if there was a “Bradilate” button?