Brian Moore - Glossary of Terms

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Common terms that I occasionally (and inadvertently) use in blog posts. One could call them "Micro-speak".

DPE or D&PE	Developer & Platform Evangelism, the division in which I work. We are comprised of several business areas: technical audience (my area), academic, depth customer engagement, depth partner engagement, and many more. We cover products and technologies from tools like Expression and Visual Studio to platform products like Silverlight and Azure to infrastructure products like Windows and Windows Server.
Central Region	Eighteen states in the central United States that comprise the assigned geography in which my team and I work. Used to assign people to primary territories for operational execution. They are Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minneapolis, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Heartland District	Four states that comprise a operating geography on the eastern-most border of the Central Region, bordering the East Region. They are Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Midwest District	Three states that comprise a operating geography in the middle of the Central Region. They are Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
North Central District	Seven states that comprise a operating geography in the middle of the Central Region, bordering the West Region. I currently live here, working out of St. Louis, MO They are Iowa, Kansas, Minneapolis, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
South Central District	Three states that comprise a operating geography in the middle of the Central Region, bordering the East and West Regions. I used to live there, working out of Dallas, TX. They are Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

I will try to keep this article up-to-date with terms that I use (and shouldn't). Consider it something of a map to help you translate my lazy posts.

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posted on September 2, 2008

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