Define: "Throw it over the wall" in Business
Fiscal Threat Level
Multi-headcount capital waste
CWO Pro-Tip
"Implement strict change control freezes on Friday afternoons. Reject all pull requests that lack proper operational documentation."
What HR thinks it means:
The transfer of a completed phase of work to another department with little to no communication or collaboration.
What does "Throw it over the wall" actually mean?
"Developers pushing untested, garbage code to production at 4:55 PM on a Friday and immediately logging off for the weekend."
How HR uses it:
"We need to improve cross-functional collaboration and avoid teams simply throwing projects over the wall."
How you actually use it:
"Instead of testing the API integration, the dev team just threw it over the wall to operations and let the servers crash."
Related Terminology
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