Bandwidth
The amount of time attention or working capacity a person or team has available.
Plain English
Do you have enough capacity for this work?
In context
Bandwidth is workplace shorthand for capacity after current commitments and constraints.
Example
“Do we have bandwidth to pick this up this sprint?”
When you'll hear this
- planning
- prioritization
- staffing
Common misunderstanding
In this context it usually does not refer to network speed.
Also known as
capacity
Commonly used by
Related terms
Updated: 2026-08-25
