It stands for Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results.ģ1. SOAR: This is a strategic planning tool that combines hard data with a wide consultation of people’s ideas and dreams. SWOT: This ever-popular tool assesses business or personal Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.ģ0. VUCA stands for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous.Ģ9. It is used in the business world to reflect the turbulent forces of change since the global financial collapse of 2008. Army College, this term describes the unfamiliar global environment post-9/11. MBO: Management by Objectives aims to align employees’ objectives with the organization’s wider strategic goals.Ģ8. It stands for Outcome, Scale, Know-how, Affirm + Action, and Review.Ģ7. OSKAR: Another popular coaching model, OSKAR is a solutions-focused framework designed to address performance or behavioral problems. GROW: The GROW Model can help you to structure coaching sessions according to Goal, current Reality, Options (or Obstacles), and Will (or Way forward).Ģ6. DILO: If you’re concerned about how well you or your team are using your time, why not try DILO ( Day In the Life Of) analysis to track and note down what’s actually being done each day.Ģ5. SCAMPER helps you to generate ideas for new products by asking questions about existing products focusing on seven key areas – Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to another use, Eliminate, and Reverse.Ģ4. SCAMPER: You might like to use this tool next time you host a brainstorming session. SMART: A goal-setting tool which stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time bound – or a few variations of that!Ģ3. It stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose.Ģ2. CRAAP: No, I’m not just being rude, CRAAP is a well-known and well-used way to help people to critically evaluate information. It stands for Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting.Ģ1. POSDCORB: An early management model to help you cover every admin angle. In this section, we’ll cover some of the most popular:Ģ0. There are hundreds of abbreviations to describe specific business tools or terms that can aid decision making, creativity and problem solving in the workplace. EOD: Similar to COB, EOD means “end of day.” Business Acronyms COB or COP: Close of business or close of play.ġ9. JGI: If you frequently turn to your browser to solve those small but annoying little questions that pop up in the day, you’ll likely say, “Just Google it.”ġ8. WIIFM: If you’re thinking of investing in a new venture, you might well ask yourself, “What’s in it for me?”ġ3. In this case, you may well use, “Too long didn’t read.”ġ2. You receive a report or email that seems to go on for pages and pages, and you just don’t have the time. It might well be the most hilarious one you’ve seen in ages, but is it work-friendly? If it’s not, then use NWR, “Not work related,” or even NSFW, “Not safe for work!ġ0. NSFW: This could come in handy the next time you want to share the latest viral video. So, here’s a quick guide to keep you “in the loop”:Ĩ. You’ve likely already heard some of these around the office, but perhaps you’re not quite as “acronym-savvy” as some of your colleagues. In this blog we’ll look at 99 acronyms, starting with those most likely to crop up day-to-day, through specialist sector-based ones, to a final section revealing some of the quirkier abbreviations available. So, if you’re left scratching your head by a colleague’s request for a CRAAP analysis, or someone has asked you to complete a QA report by the EOD, and you have no idea what they mean… fear not! They range from the weird and wonderful, to the highly technical and professional. But there are hundreds of acronyms out there that we could be using to make our lives and our jobs that little bit easier. Chances are that we all know our OMGs from our LOLs by now.