SMOP is an acronym for "Small Matter of Programming".
SMOP was among the "games" described, in a magazine article entitled "Big-System Games Programmers Play", as parallelling the Games People Play identified by Dr. Eric Berne in the field of self-help psychology. The game essentially consists of proposing seemingly simple adjustments to a design, and leaving to someone else the problem of fitting the unexpected consequences into the schedule.
The implication of using it is either
- to remind one's colleagues that every design change seems like a small matter of programming, until implementation starts, or
- to reassert by irony one's awareness of the danger of underestimating required effort.
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SMOP also stands for "Selecting & Managing Overseas Partners" Programme. This is a training programme developed by West Point International (WWW.west-pointinternational.com) to help exporters select and manage overseas agents and distributors through a series of intertactive and practical workshops. end January 2006