Within the eBusiness integration
Within the eBusiness integration industry, Scient is known for having its own particular lexicon, ScientSpeak, which consists of pithy phrases like "paradigm violence" and "smart mover" and cultish slogans like "It takes courage to do legendary work." So perhaps in ScientSpeak the process of building a website that consumes almost all of a start-up's funding before it goes live is defined as a "successful launch."
Here's the story of a environmental startup (verde.com) funded by Ted Turner, brought to the ground by fucking consultants (scient.com).
thanks, fucked company.
update:
In case you don't read this, here's another funny quote:
In an email that another Scient employee accidentally forwarded to Verde's staff as well as Scient's, he drafted the following action plan: "This may sound weird, but it's a request. From this point forward, let's try to not use the word 'Process' when talking with any member of Verde. A number of their associates do not like the word and it has a very negative connotation with them (Please don't ask me why or how I came about this information. I would have to kill you). For example, 'Our Process dictates that....' - That's a no-no. Let's try and substitute the word 'Approach' or something similarly softer when speaking to these items. Let's review...Process = Bad. Approach = Better. Thoughts = OK. I'll sit back and enjoy the mocking now...."