Define: "Fire and Forget" in Business
Catastrophic fiscal burn
""Revoke API write access for developers on Friday afternoons. Block the ports at 3:00 PM and go home in peace.""
"The execution of an automated task, process, or communication that requires no further monitoring or intervention once initiated."
What does "Fire and Forget" actually mean?
"A developer launching an untested flawed automation script against the production environment at 4:55 PM and immediately logging off for the weekend."
"The new automated reporting tool is a fire and forget solution that saves our analysts hours of manual work."
""The junior tech took a fire and forget approach to the firewall patch, leaving me to deal with the resulting broadcast storm all Saturday.""
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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