Define: "Value-add" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"Justifying a useless feature. Pretend you agree, then quietly drop it from the next sprint."
A feature or service that increases the worth of a product or interaction.
What does "Value-add" actually mean?
"A buzzword I use to justify why my job exists."
"Please make sure your presentation clearly highlights the value-add of our new software suite."
"The consultant's biggest value-add was creating a 60-slide PowerPoint that restated the exact same complaints the engineers have had for two years."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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Tired of hearing this?
Next time someone says "Value-add" in a meeting, track exactly how much company money they just wasted. Play Buzzword Bingo, generate a waste invoice, and stop the bleeding.
