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"Center of excellence"

"Center of excellence" means a dedicated team or function recognized as the internal expert and standard-setter for a particular discipline.

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How "Center of excellence" shows up at work

A name that management consulting taught large companies to give to specialized teams in the hope that the title would raise their status. Sometimes it works. Often the team was doing the same things under a less impressive name last quarter.

Buzzword

The analytics center of excellence will own all reporting standards going forward.

Plain English

The expert analytics team will own all reporting standards going forward.

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