Plexii glossary
Action item
A specific task arising from a discussion, written with one owner, a due date and a clear result.
What it means
A specific task that comes out of a meeting with one owner and a due date; how to write one (start with a verb, name one owner, give a date, say what done looks like); why they get lost and how to track them.
The term is most useful as a shared description. It does not remove the need to look at the actual task, evidence or constraint in front of you.
A practical example
“Mina to send the revised price list to Arun by 16 October” is testable; “follow up on pricing” is not.
Put it into practice
- Name the concrete situation before applying the label. Action item is useful only when it changes a choice, boundary or next action.
- Make the state visible: write the owner, time, source or stopping condition down instead of relying on memory.
- Review what happened. Keep the part that reduced ambiguity and change the part that added ceremony without helping the work.
How it relates to Plexii
the Tasks widget gives a task an assignee, start and due dates and what it waits for (widget tasks planning); Attention keeps what you owe in one queue (widget attention). Link track commitments and meeting agenda builder.