(1). To do way more than you need to do to make sure your a** is covered from every angle you can think of.
“Well, it may seem like a lot, but we really want to take a belt and suspenders approach to this issue.”
Belt and Suspenders
RANDOM LINGO
Level Of Effort Analysis
(1). How Ops or Tech tells you they have no interest in doing whatever it is you want them to do.
“Hmm … so, you’d like us to take over the quarterly account performance metrics reporting … well, I think the first step is for us to conduct a level of effort analysis to see if we are able to resource that … we’ll get back to you ….”
Bake Into
(1). To include (but not necessarily disclose) certain information (usually fees) in a presentation or report.
“So, love the proposal, Ron. Let me ask you a question … I’m not seeing your commission on this anywhere … am I missing something or is that already baked into these numbers?