You Said “DevOps”, I Heard “Deployment”: Live Polls on What Words in Product Teams Really Mean

Most product teams do not argue because they disagree. They argue because they think they agree. In this fast, interactive session, the audience votes live on what common product and delivery terms mean. The results show instantly, and the room usually splits hard. “DevOps”, “MVP”, “Done”, “Strategy”, “Production”, and “A/B test” turn out to mean different things depending on role, seniority, and where you sit in the org.
Mihaela Draghici uses each split to show what is really happening under the surface: why teams nod in meetings but execute differently, where rework is born, and which words are the highest-risk triggers in your environment. You will leave with a shortlist of terms to fix and a lightweight method to align meaning quickly, without adding process.

Outcomes:

• Identify the words most likely to create false agreement and hidden misalignment
• Understand why teams “align” verbally but still operate differently based on interpretations
• Take a lightweight technique to fix meaning drift quickly