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Exam question

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Cross-government

The core problem, outcome or decision that a piece of work is meant to address.

Example: The exam question isn’t “Can we build an app?” It is “Why is anyone still faxing this form?”

Also known as: what’s the exam question?, what is the exam question?, the exam question, answer the exam question

Context: Used to refocus a paper or discussion when the team may be answering adjacent questions instead of the main one.

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