Alignment tax
The cost of ensuring everyone agrees on a decision, often measured in meeting hours and compromised solutions.
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The alignment tax on this project was 47 hours of meetings to decide whether to use blue or navy blue buttons.
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costagreementmeetingscompromisedbuttons
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