Define: "Re-baselining" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Use the re-baselining window to pad your ticket estimates by 50%. Management won't give you extra budget, but they just gave you six weeks to catch up on sleep."
Adjusting project milestones and KPIs to reflect current operational realities.
What does "Re-baselining" actually mean?
"Shifting the delivery deadline back six months so executives don't have to report every missed milestone to the board."
"We are re-baselining our quarterly deliverables to ensure realistic expectations for key stakeholdersStakeholdersThe 15 people who will complain about the final product but refused to attend the requirements meetings.."
"After missing five consecutive cutover windows, management announced a re-baselining of the cloudThe CloudSomeone else's computer that we are now paying a 400% premium to use. migration roadmap."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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