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Occurs when applications share components and is doubt over ownership and responsibility for operation.

IBM Family of mid range computers launched in 1988 and widely used until 2006, when it was rebranded a System I series.

A rich cake reputedly created in Radolfzell, Germany. It has a multitude of squishy layers which serve as an accurate representation of a corporate application which much to everyone's surprise is remarkably similar in structure.

Cloud computing is a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand. It is also hailed as a universal panacea and if you believe that, you can believe anything.

A configuration management database (CMDB) is an ITIL term for a database used by an organization to store information about hardware and software assets (commonly referred to as configuration items). It is very boring but is nevertheless essential.

A euphemism much favoured by Medical staff for when things have gone badly wrong and is therefore a useful concept when applied to all the reasons that ETD management fails.

Side effects from withdrawal from a substance or activity which is addictive. Can be unpleasant. In this case it is additional funding to support ETD work.

Name for a mythical insurance company used in the case study.

Nerd heaven - A taxonomy and data model developed by ServiceNow to classify components found in Technology environments.

Is a medical disorder whose symptoms include compulsive hoarding, here applied to Corporate entities and aging technology platforms.

Term refers to date for withdrawal of a product or service from sale or support by its principal provider. Often carried out in a stepped fashion according to a published policy.

Enterprise Technical Debt - an accumulation of legacy and outdated technologies supporting critical activities for an organisation that threatens its prudent operation; requiring mitigation and hence recognition as a financial liability that must be met.

Refers to the entirety of technology products and services in use inside an organsation.

Popular research classification that describes a cohort born in the 80's (Y) and late 90's (Z). Has difficulty with operating anything that does not have a Sony game controller attachment.

Governance is the system, framework, and set of rules by which an organisation is directed and controlled. It defines who has the authority to make decisions, who holds the power to act on behalf of the company, and who is accountable for the behaviour, performance, and legal compliance of the organisation

A collective noun for experienced programming staff working with legacy platforms. Thought by some to be perjorative, it refers to people who know what they are doing, and have been doing it longer than you have been on instagram.

The latest incarnation of the AS400 mid range compute platform based on the Power Chipset.

Abbreviation for technology run by your IT Function to manage the companies technology base, so its for their sole use and is owned by them exclusively.

A reckoning of the type and numbers of technology products being used in the organisation at this time.

Same as inventory, but without any attempt at curation, so an equivalent to tech jumble sale.

Technology products that are deemed to be nearing the end of their useful life.

A fictitious company that makes payments on behalf of clients.

Describes physical or otherwise essentially practical barriers or considerations.

Imaginary management consultants in a galaxy far, far away on the other side of the Universe. Responsible for death by Powerpoint and outrageous charges.

A fictitious technology giant corporation which through acquisition has become the resting place for many once popular software and hardware platforms.

Refers to a set of attitudes concerning culture, values, philosophy, frame of reference, outlook, or disposition

A harmless abbreviation for a technical person

In this context, concerns unwanted resistance and questioning from persons impacted by an initiative.

In corporate governance, this means a person coopted on to the Board of Directors to provide independent oversight.

Here it means a difficulty or barrier to adoption.

Specific term to describe a person(s) who overall responsibity for operation of a particular technology platform or service.

States that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few"

Describes the stages and calendar dates associated with a product's passage from launch through to being completely withdrawn from use.

Translated means as is demonstrated ... by the result in this case.

Risk is the possibility of something bad happening and generally involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity.

Risk appetite is the level of risk that an organisation is prepared to accept in pursuit of its objectives, before action is deemed necessary to reduce the risk

RPG is a high-level programming language for business applications, introduced in 1959 by IBM. It is most well known as the primary programming language of IBM's midrange computer product line,

To be confirmed or TBC is often used as a place holder in reports, when the author has no idea to what to put down.

This is internal policy document that explains the conditions to be applied in operating a particular process or activity connected with Technology.

Vague term likely to be found in Sunday Times Magazine interviews with Tech Entrepreneurs, assumed to be the equivalent mean to ETD .

A technology industry term that refers to features or code components left out of a particular release, that ideally should be added at some future date.

A technology industry term that refers to features or code components left out of a particular release, that ideally should be added at some future date.