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report sprawl

/rɪˈpɔːrt sprɔːl/ - n.

1 [colloq.] Forty dashboards answering one question, each slightly, confidently wrong.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The uncontrolled proliferation of overlapping reports and dashboards across teams and tools.

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See also

ad hoc analysisA one-off query that becomes a weekly dependency the moment someone forwards the screenshot.
certified reportA report stamped trustworthy by whoever was last willing to put their name on it.
dashboard adoptionMeasured by logins, because measuring whether it changed a decision was harder.