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Shibboleth?
Here's the dictionary definition:

1. a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.
2. a slogan; catchword.
3. a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth.

A report, providing information organized to answer questions, is obviously an essential function. And the recipient of the report may be assumed to ask appropriate questions. So I think your aspersion is on the manner in which reports are prepared.

And that has little to do with catchphrases of limited applicability or utility.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 08/29/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Shibboleth?  Anton Philidor | 08/29/08
The more biblical meaning is that of the cultural marker  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/08
Might be life or death, yes.  Anton Philidor | 08/29/08
Extraction and formatting are still necessary  Anton Philidor | 08/29/08
No - they omit stuff like information warehousing  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/08
Does that count the stuff...  Anton Philidor | 08/29/08
Packaged vs custom  Anton Philidor | 08/29/08
Mgmt prefers packed software because  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/08
Okay.  Anton Philidor | 08/29/08
They're not users  Erik Engbrecht | 08/29/08
Fundamental conflict?  Anton Philidor | 08/29/08
Dead wrong  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 08/29/08
Equivalent problem, though.  Anton Philidor | 08/29/08

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