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Even mid managers have expressed similar concerns to me about finding it difficult to work with tech. E.g., a product manager has complained to me that they wanted a feature built which would have had a direct revenue impact but were stuck because the tech team wanted to "triage" which she didn't understand. Sounds to me that we need a "tech-to-normal" language translator.
Triage isn't a word that came out of tech, though. It's a term from the medical field, specifically for trauma care, and effectively means prioritisation under pressure. A product manager really should know and understand this, because it's not like it's impenetrable tech jargon. They should also be the ones making those prioritisation calls, albeit with a solid understanding of the real trade offs. In a situation li…
It's not tech jargon but it's a medical term, that has to do with people possibly dying or wounded soldiers that can't be handled, and now we're using it in tech? Ignoring the ridiculous overexaggerating that is, this is exactly the kind of jargon that techies will get mad at managers for using.
Just say what you want. "We have other priorities, how does this fit with those, and what item will have lower priority now?"