fauxline
/ˈfəʊˌlaɪn/nounVerified NewA deadline invented for internal theater that carries no real consequence and is freely missed.
The fauxline disciplines the team without binding the plan: it exists to create urgency on demand, and everyone learns within two cycles which dates are load-bearing. The cost is credibility — when a real deadline arrives, it arrives pre-discounted.
Etym. — faux + line: a deadline that is a line drawn in water.
Rel. — estimatemoat · urgentosis
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