Define: "Managing Expectations" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
""Always double your time estimates. If the configuration takes an hour, say two. You will look like a hero when it finishes early.""
"Proactively communicating with stakeholdersStakeholdersThe 15 people who will complain about the final product but refused to attend the requirements meetings. to establish realistic timelines, deliverables, and potential limitations of a project."
What does "Managing Expectations" actually mean?
"The delicate daily art of repeatedly lowering a client's hopes until they safely align with your department's miserable operational reality."
"We need to do a better job of managing expectations regarding the Q3 product launch timeline."
""I spent the first thirty minutes of the sync managing expectations, successfully convincing the VP that simply keeping the servers online was a major victory.""
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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