Define: "Punting" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Let them punt. When the legacy system finally crashes, calmly remind them of the date they chose to ignore it."
Deferring a decision or action to a later, more appropriate time.
What does "Punting" actually mean?
"Kicking a critical technical decision to the next quarter because leadership is terrified of taking responsibility for the inevitable fallout."
"Given the current bandwidthBandwidthThe amount of unpaid overtime I am willing to tolerate this week. (Currently: Zero)., we will be punting this initiative to Q1."
"We are punting the core switch replacement to next year because nobody wants to explain the downtime to the CEO."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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