30,000 foot view
Program management view.
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Corporate and office jargon — the language of meetings and management.
50,000 foot view
Highest management overview.
action that
Put something into practice.
baked in
Something which has been "baked in" is implied to be impossible to remove. Alternatively, "baked in" can refer to a desirable, although non-essential, property of a product being incorporated for the user's convenience.
bandwidth
Availability.
benchmark
Measuring against.
bespoke solution
A solution to a problem one has that is 'tailor-made' (allegedly).
best practice
Tried and tested methodology/process.
blue sky thinking
Idealistic or visionary ideas, not always with practical application (source: BBC).
boil the ocean
Undertake an impossible or impractical task.
bottleneck
Where a process is held up.
buck the trend
To follow an action against market tendencies.
build capacity
Take actions which increase the amount of work that can be done in the future.
cascade
Array of possible actions to take in response to a problem: protocol.
check in the box
Complete the task.
circle back
Discuss later.
cover all directions of the compass
Ensure the product specification covers everything.
create the storyboard
Outline what the solution will look like.
cross-functional
Works in multiple directions simultaneously.
customer-centric
The customer is the main focus.
cutting edge practices
Up to date or new methods.
dashboard
Collection of key indicators.
Data Moat
Large amounts of data acquired by an organization that can be harvested for sustainable, differentiating competitive advantage.
deep dive
Get into the detail.
deliverable(s)
Finished product or outcome.
downsize
Reduce the number of employees through a lay-off.
drill down
Investigate in depth.
end-user perspective
Point of view of a customer about a product or service.
evergreen
Content that is always relevant.
flavour of the month
The current popular or trending activity.
flogging a dead horse
Wasting efforts.
golden handshake
Contract clause which richly rewards a key employee in the case of termination.
golden parachute
Contract clause richly (perhaps excessively) rewarding a key executive if termination is due to corporate takeover or merger.
have the vendor in our pocket
Keep a vendor/contractors paid.
hub
A central idea to which other ideas are linked.
ideate
Come up with ideas.
in the loop
Knowing what's going on and being kept informed.
in the weeds
Immersed or entangled in details or complexities.
joined-up thinking
Discussing the viewpoints of each organization and coming to an agreement or compromise.
land and expand
To sell a small solution and then grow it within the client's environment.
lay-off
Redundancies on a large scale.
learnings
Acquired knowledge after an action/actions or process/processes has been completed.
low-hanging fruit
Tasks that have the greatest positive effect for the least effort, used when promoting new projects to show the advantages. {{cite web.
make hay
Productive or successful in a short time.
move the goal posts
Change the criteria for success.
moving forward
Making progress on an idea or scheme.
nesting
Processes within processes.
off the shelf
Buying in a product or service that is already completed.
One button to push
Reduced number of suppliers.
operational excellence
Sustainable improvement of key performance metrics.
pick the low-hanging fruit
Go (initially) for the easiest options.
power to the elbow
Get additional backup information to make your case stronger.
pull the plug
Close a venture that is losing money or has no prospects of success.
punt
Relinquish responsibility.
pushing the envelope
Going outside normal boundaries to achieve a target or goal (such as exceeding specifications).
put this on your radar
Consider this.
python
Challenging problem.
raft of measures
A collection of proposals or schemes.
rattler
Obvious problem.
run it up the flagpole
Test the popularity of a new idea or proposal.