Consulting & Strategy Jargon · Vice President level

"Granular"

"Granular" means at a fine level of detail, used to describe analysis, data, or discussion that goes deeper than a summary overview.

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How "Granular" shows up at work

Consultants say it when they want to signal rigor without specifying exactly how deep the analysis went. Executives say it when they want less of it. The word can mean anything from a pivot table to a line-by-line audit, depending on who is in the room.

Buzzword

We should get more granular on the cost breakdown before presenting to the CFO.

Plain English

We should get more detailed on the cost breakdown before presenting to the CFO.

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