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

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tiger team

/ˈtaɪɡər tiːm/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The same five people, summoned again, because the org has confused availability with capacity.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A small group pulled from their regular duties to resolve an urgent, high-visibility problem under compressed timelines.

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See also
  • steering committeeA body that steers by approving the direction already taken.
  • working groupA standing invitation that survives the problem it was formed to solve, named for the one activity it most reliably defers.