the word ( productionise )

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Hi thereWhat does this word mean?Thanks in Advance

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

It seems to be new and ill-conceived BizSpeak for 'make ready for production, make capable of production'-- said of new products still in the design phase, and still having practical difficulties of manufacture. I don't recommend its use in general writing.

MrPedantic · Answer

Sounds like it should be decommissionized forthwith.

MrP

Anonymous · Answer

Too bad guys... it has been in general use in I.T. for several years now and is the only term (that I know of) that accurately describes a standard business process... Think of a better term for taking a development project and making it robust enough for everyday business use and I would be happy to use it

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Think of a better term for taking a development project and making it robust enough for everyday business use and I would be happy to use it

OK, I'll bite.

When I did this kind of work in the last century, we would have said 'Complete the user testing phase'. The earlier requirements, design and development processes took into account the production needs.

'Your' approach sounds to me a bit like 'Yes, we've finished the system, but you mean we really have to put it into everyday business use? What a surprise!'

No offense intended.

Best wishes, Clive

Mister Micawber · Answer

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00Yes, indeed-- there are better alternatives. After all, the process has been in existence much longer than the neologism. For instance:02br
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01i00Why not 01b00produce02b00 windows in plastic in the rear?02i02br
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01i00To 01b00develop02b00 this technology at affordable cost and high reliability02i00.02br
00These sentences all use 01i00productionize02i00 on the web. Nevertheless, M-W Open Dictionary now has it among its new words:02br
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01b00Productionalize02b00(verb) 01b00:02b00 To put an existing process into a production mode.00That computer program is used so often that it should be 00productionalized00. 00Submitted by: Phil Ambrosini from New Jersey on Aug. 16, 2007 12:5300 00(verb) 01b00:02b00 To bring into production; for use by an end user community (generally after undergoing a test phase to ensure reliability.)00"When will this tool be 00productionalized00"? 00Submitted by: Peter T. Bense from California on Feb. 13, 2007 17:0700 01b00productionise02b00 (verb) 01b00:02b00 To incorporate a tool into a live business environment. To put into production.00Our third quarter targets include productionising our new risk analysis system. 00Submitted by: Craig Hoad from United Kingdom on Oct. 30, 2006 10:2800 01b00productionize02b00 (verb) 01b00:02b00 the process by which a heretofore prototype system is made production capable00The estimated hours to 00productionize00 the system is x.00 00 00 02br
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Pter · Answer

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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Too bad guys... it has been in general use in I.T. for several years now and is the only term (that I know of) that accurately describes a standard business process... Think of a better term for taking a development project and making it robust enough for everyday business use and I would be happy to use it12br
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10I have been working in IT for years and have never heard of such term and never seen it on IT magazines. Depending on what situation you are referring to, we say "move to production", "migrate to production environment", "make it production grade", etc. Perhaps, the word is in "general" use in certain segments, but certainly not the IT industry in general.02br
00I think the term is ill-conceived. Making a prototype system production grade and putting a fully tested system into production are two totally different things. These would be confused by the introduction of such a word.0-

Anonymous · Answer

0It's a consequence of rapid software development methodologies, for example "Extreme Programming" or "Agile Development". Users may approve a quickly-built prototype with a tiny data set that responds correctly to expected inputs. However, the prototype needs to be "productionized" to handle to incorrect inputs (e.g throw error messages), and to scale with production-size data sets, etc. 02br
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00The same concept is known in manufacturing. The concept cars people drool over at autoshows aren't necessarily built to government safety or emission standards, nor can they necessarily be economically manufactured.02br
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00Certainly I've seen cases of software being moved into production that isn't production grade, but I've never heard anyone confuse one with the other. At least from a technical vantage.02br
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00 It was simple enough to google and find examples in the software realm, e.g. 01a05000 02a00 , and manufacturing 0230hrefhttp://flex.sys-con.com/read/293651.htm

Pter · Answer

0I certainly understand the concept and recognize that it is being used by certain segments of the IT industry. As we all know, we have lots of buzzwords and many of them just die out silently after a few years. 02br
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10We have a queue where people can request help from my department on their development projects. This was recently added to the queue:11blockquote
10Subject: Productionize Analytical Models22blockquote
20And if that wasn't a bad enough case of turning a noun into a verb, here's the first line of the description of the request, which turns a noun into a verb and then back into a noun again:11blockquote
10Description: Development and productionization of 21 analytical models ...22blockquote
20Oh! That felt good! Thank you for letting me get that off my chest!12br
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10Forming a verb from a noun ending with "tion" is not technically forbidden, but I still don't think it is a good idea to do so from the language point of view. Some people just love to invent new words to show that they are doing something cutting (bleeding) edge while in fact it is just a re-labeling of old concepts.02br
00PS. Perhaps, they need to assess the productionizability of the prototype before productionizationing. 0230hrefhttp://www.buzzkiller.net

Yankee · Answer

0 Who knows what misguided terms might be in store for us next. Does anyone want to try out 01i00"productionizationalize"02i00to see if it flies? 050051010id411id5

Pter · Answer

0How about 01i00productionizationalistic02i00 to describe those advocating for productionization, and 01i00productionizationalistically02i00 as an adverb for describing their failed attempt in productionizationing their products?0-

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