Distance travelled: towards a PIE services assessment and specification tool
10: Pizazz – and a more personal note on terminology
What’s in a name? The phrase a “PIES Services Assessment and Specification” for a tool, or framework, lends itself to pronunciation as “Pizazz” – a term associated with flair and energy.
“Pizazz” (n): energy; vitality; vigour, attractive style; dash; flair; a combination of vitality and glamour. “ energy, vigor, vitality, spirit, etc.’ (Collins Dictionary): an indefinable dynamic quality, the je ne sais quoi of function (Harvard Lampoon)
For a project committed to recognising creativity, there is certainly something very pleasing about the idea of a discussion with a lot of serious people, a meeting of senior managers, commissioners, or research funding bodies, sitting around a table and saying:
“Yes, and what’s their score on Pizazz?”
There will be more comments on terminology to follow.
Distance travelled: towards a PIE services assessment and specification tool
1: Development, flexibility and fidelity
2: Key requirements for a PIEs assessment tool
3: Specific elements in a PIEs assessment tool
4: Observable expressions of the key PIE elements
5: Models of assessment for complex interventions and environments
6: Borrowing for a PIEs Service Assessment and Specification
8: PIEs assessment tool development funding: initial options appraisal
9: Updates and progress reporting
10: Pizazz – a more personal note on terminology
See also:
Memes: a cautionary tale, in three parts, Part One - the Psychologically Informed Environment