# 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.

## 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 (/help/widget-tasks-planning); Attention keeps what you owe in one queue (/help/widget-attention). Link /blog/track-commitments and /tools/meeting-agenda-builder.