It’s really cool and we want it to have a secret project name that sounds awesome and makes us feel important by talking about something no-one else knows about.

But what do you do when you haven’t got any kind of naming convention of projects? Get one quick because revision 641 of the development branch sounds pretty naff whilst Project Apocalypse sounds awesome!

In the past Microsoft have had some great names for projects – “Sparta” for Windows for Workgroups and “Wolfpack” for Microsoft Cluster Server are a couple of the best whilst Apple have free roam over the big cats. I’ve had all sorts for my computers in the past -  planets, constellations (good job I only had 2 computers as I don’t know many constellations), beer, ancient forgotten cities, the list goes on..

So to try and get past this issue – and it’s a big issue that’s been the talk of the office for the last day or so, we came up with a few ideas of naming conventions:

• Biscuits: Yes you heard right. Biscuits. Do I need to say anything other than “Project Jammy Dodger”. Canned.
• Computer Games: Not a bad idea, but “Project Jet Set Willy” is a bit silly so .. Canned.
• Comic Book Villains: Hmmm.. Project Joker has a ring to it but Project Green Goblin doesn’t. Canned.
• Elements: Project Titanium yes, Project Copper no. Unless it’s a software security project. Canned.
• Birds of Prey: The early front runner. Project Eagle, Project Vulture or Project Hawk are all ace. Project Owl? Semi-canned.
• Rivers, Mountains, Countries, Cities: All been done to death so canned.

But I’ve thought of one that’s not on the list that will trump them all. My project naming convention of choice is.. wait for it ..  wait for it .. curries.

I want to be a part of Project Vindaloo and I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t! Project Madras? Sign me up!

I think I’ve cracked it but would like to hear any other suggestions for naming conventions be it projects, computers networks or whatever, just leave a comment and maybe it’ll help to inspire us!

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