Consulting Speak
Providing more information about something.
Elaborate
The people who are impacted by project outcomes.
Stakeholders
Time between client engagements.
Bench Time
Easiest opportunities to address first.
Low hanging fruit.
Your ability to take on additional work.
Bandwidth
The headline insight you want people to remember.
Takeaway
Building support for a new idea or change.
Change Management
Work that expands beyond the original agreement.
Scope Creep
A recommendation supported by facts and analysis.
Insight
The combination of efforts to create greater value.
Synergy
Ensuring everyone agrees before moving forward.
Alignment
A meeting designed to gather information rather than provide answers.
Discovery Session
A visual representation of timing and dependencies.
Roadmap
Starting with a recommendation and supporting details underneath.
Top-Down Approach
A noticeable improvement.
Moving the needle
Parking Lot Item
The person/people who are actively championing a project.
Sponsors
Work assigned to different people or teams.
Work Streams
A framework used to organize information
Logic Tree
Revisiting a topic later.
Circling Back
The Most Important Thing to Focus On.
North Star
Understanding what a client is truly trying to solve.
Root Cause Analysis
A concise story supported by evidence.
Narrative
A data driven prediction of future outcomes.
Creating agreement among multiple stakholders.