cascade
Bureaucratic/kæˈskeɪd/n. (bureaucratic)
Etym.From French cascade meaning 'waterfall', repurposed in business jargon during the early 2010s by a consultant looking for a softer word for reassignment; see Journal of Strategic Rhetoric, 2014.
A cascade is a staged transfer of responsibility or risk down a sequence of teams, employed to postpone accountability and preserve appearances.
'We'll cascade these deliverables into Q4 to manage external expectations' - Q3 Board Deck, slide 47