T.P.S. REPORT. COVER SHEET. Prepared By::______. Device/Program Type: Product Code:: Vendor: Due Date: Loss: Test Date: Run Date: Program Run. TEST PROGRAM SET. According to director Mike Judge, TPS reports stand for Test Program Set in the movie. I guess I can settle this once and. Thanks to that scene, “TPS report” has entered the vernacular and is routinely used when someone wants to evoke mundane, rote busywork.
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I wasn’t using urban dictionary as any kind of reference. In repport movie, multiple managers and coworkers inquire about a single error that Peter Gibbons makes in utilizing a wrong cover sheet to send his TPS reports.
Retrieved from ” https: Retrieved from ” https: Segfault – No, it is nowhere near as reliable as Wikipedia. What are TPS Reports? Repogt updates a process document, and now it sticks.
This page was last edited on 9 Decemberat In popular culture, TPS Reports are defined as mindless paperwork in reportt office environment:. The standard defines ten procedure steps that may be applied when running a test. Now that’s the term the company uses, even though it doesn’t actually mean it. By using our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Cookie PolicyPrivacy Policyand our Terms of Service.
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After its use in the comedic film Office Space, “TPS report” has come to connote pointless, mindless paperwork, and an example of “literacy practices” in the work environment that are “meaningless exercises imposed upon employees by an inept and uncaring management” and “relentlessly mundane and enervating”.
It is used by Gibbons as an example that he has eight different persons he directly reports to.
Anthony Hopkins and his geport ends Geport This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. Are they something that rfport invented specifically for Office Space? This page was last edited on 25 Octoberat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. The original description page was here.
TPS reports are what the screenwriting industry refers to as “McGuffins”. Initechh Reusing this file. If it did come from IEEE and change, it’s even funnier. After its use in the comedic film Office Space”TPS report” has come to connote pointless, mindless paperwork[2] and an example of “literacy practices” in the work environment that are “meaningless exercises imposed upon employees by an inept and uncaring management” and “relentlessly mundane and enervating”.
I certainly didn’t get my answer from urban dictionary The company adopts it, but writing “Test Procedure Specification” over and over is irritating, so people started writing “TPS”. Software testing Pop-culture neologisms Computer humor. In an early episode of ABC’s Lost, originally airing on October 14th,reference to the infamous film was made during a brief flashback scene starring Terry O’Quinn’s character, Mr. Or are they are something that only exists in more specialized areas?
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. According to the film’s initceh and director Mike Judge, the abbreviation stood for “Test Program Set” in the movie.
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I guess I can settle this once and for all,” Mike Judge, the movie’s writer and director, said of the dreaded report his protagonist, Peter Gibbons, failed to attach a cover sheet reportt, despite his eight bosses’ memo to do so.
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