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Define: "Alignment"
What HR thinks it means:
Achieving agreement and unified direction between stakeholdersStakeholdersThe 15 people who will complain about the final product but refused to attend the requirements meetings..
What it actually means:
"Forcing everyone to nod on a Zoom call so no single individual takes the blame when it fails."
Use it in a meeting:
"We scheduled a two-hour sync to ensure alignment, successfully wasting $6,000 in payroll to agree on a spreadsheet format."
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