Define: "Getting your ducks in a row" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"The ducks are never in a row. Force the issue by setting a firm expiration date on your CAB approval ticket."
The process of organizing one's affairs, tasks, or resources in preparation for a project or initiative.
What does "Getting your ducks in a row" actually mean?
"A farm-based euphemism used to stall a deployment for an extra three weeks because stakeholdersStakeholdersThe 15 people who will complain about the final product but refused to attend the requirements meetings. are terrified of making an actual decision."
"Let's spend Q1 getting our ducks in a row so we are fully prepared for the Q2 deployment."
"We can't schedule the cutover yet because leadership still needs another month of getting their ducks in a row."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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