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Subject:FW: In search of a term From:"EXT-Hornoi-Centerwall, Theodore" <Theodore -dot- Hornoi-Centerwall -at- PSS -dot- Boeing -dot- com> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 16 Mar 2000 12:39:18 -0800
The words "operations" and "operational" comes to mind. It carries the connotation
of being business-like and covering an extended area. Think of the phrase
"field of operations" or the title "Operational Project Manager".
Hope this helps.
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> We have three levels of information included in our documentation:
> Product level (the most general level)
> *something* level (the intermediate level)
> Module level (the detailed level)
>
> The terms "product" and "module" are set at this point (we have a May 1
> release date), and cannot be changed. However, we need a name for the
> intermediate level of information. Two ideas thus far have been "Functional
> Area" and "Subject Area", but I'm not too thrilled with either of those.
>
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