A teams

First-string lineups

A teams are the top performers in an organization—the star players who get the most important assignments and resources.

The term comes from corporate and sports contexts where personnel are ranked by ability or priority.

Companies often distinguish between their A team and B team when staffing projects: We need to put our A team on this account.

The singular A team refers to a group of elite performers working together.

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quality/tier ranking

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Secondary roster groups

junior varsity · second string · third string · farm teams · reserve teams

deployment status

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Duplicate files or substitutes

reserves · second string · substitutes · understudies · alternates

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