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(1). A suggestion made during a meeting or conference call to make sure everything being discussed makes sense (see take a step back, smell test). “Sanity Checks” usually result in the discussion being tabled until a later date while the topic (which invairably makes no sense) is being researched further.
(1). When a project that you really want approved just kind of finds itself left off of the budget committee agenda over and over again until it is eventually forgotten altogether.
“I don’t understand it…it wasn’t a huge spend. I guess it just kind of died on vine…”
(1). A nice way to tell someone their proposal (which they thought was great) needs serious revisions.
“Thanks for that, John. I think it’s a great jumping off point for us to nail down how to handle this project. Eric, why don’t you run point on this going forward…”
