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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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best practice

/best ˈpræk.tɪs/ - n.

1 [colloq.] Someone else's context, repackaged as a rule and applied without the conditions that made it work for them.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A method shown to produce good results in comparable settings, adopted to avoid relearning what is already known.

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See also
  • center of excellenceThree people, a shared inbox, and a name chosen before the headcount was approved.
  • enablementThe function that hands teams a self-service portal to a decision that still requires three approvals they are not on.
  • maturity modelA five-level scale on which every organization assesses itself at a confident level three.
  • synergyThe named benefit of a merger, claimed before either side has agreed what customer means in their respective tables.