Noun phrase Definition 30,000 foot view Program management view 50,000 foot view Highest management overview Bandwidth Availability [ 1] Benchmark Measuring against Best practice Tried and tested methodology/process Blue sky thinking Idealistic or visionary ideas, not always with practical application (source: BBC) Bottleneck Where a process is held up Cascade Array of possible actions to take in response to a problem: protocol Check in the box Complete the task Cross-functional Works in multiple directions simultaneously Customer-centric The customer is the main focus Cutting edge practices Up to date or new methods Dashboard Collection of key indicators Data Moat Large amounts of data acquired by an organization that can be harvested for sustainable, differentiating competitive advantage. [ 2] Deliverable(s) Finished product or outcome Downsize Reduce the number of employees through a lay-off End-user perspective Point of view of a customer about a product or service Evergreen Content that is always relevant [ 1] Flavour of the month The current popular or trending activity Golden handshake Contract clause which richly rewards a key employee in the case of termination Golden parachute Contract clause richly (perhaps excessively) rewarding a key executive if termination is due to corporate takeover or merger Hard stop Deadline [ 1] Hub A central idea to which other ideas are linked In the loop Knowing what's going on and being kept informed In the weeds Immersed or entangled in details or complexities Joined-up thinking Discussing the viewpoints of each organization and coming to an agreement or compromise Lay-off Redundancies on a large scale Learnings Acquired knowledge after an action/actions or process/processes has been completed Tasks that have the greatest positive effect for the least effort, used when promoting new projects to show the advantages. [ 1] Nesting Processes within processes Off the shelf Buying in a product or service that is already completed One button to push/Push of a button Reduced number of suppliers Operational excellence Sustainable improvement of key performance metrics Python Challenging problem [ 1] Raft of measures A collection of proposals or schemes Rattler Obvious problem [ 1] Run it up the flagpole Test the popularity of a new idea or proposal. [ 3] Scalability A small component's ability to grow within a larger system [ 1] Silo (Vertical and Horizontal) A system, process, department, etc. that operates in isolation from others. Silver bullet One solution for everything[ dubious – discuss ] Six Sigma A system for process improvement by error reduction Stakeholders Group or individual affected by the outcome of a decision Talent Employees Tent pole The task or item most likely to delay a project or consume the most resources Under-pinning The foundations of an idea, which helps another related scheme or proposal Unique selling proposition (USP) Any aspect of an object that differentiates it from similar objects Win-win solution Providing a product or service which makes everyone happy, particularly both buyer and seller