Tech Workplace Dictionary

The amount of time attention or working capacity a person or team has available.

Spending disproportionate time debating a simple issue while avoiding harder decisions.

To attempt an unnecessarily broad or nearly impossible scope all at once.

To return to a topic or contact someone again at a later time.

To examine a point in greater detail.

A fixed time when someone must leave or an activity must end.

A period reserved for concentrated work with fewer meetings or interruptions.

Work that appears relatively easy to complete for a useful benefit.

A change that can deliver a visible useful result in a short time.

To reduce the amount of work while preserving the most important outcome.

To share an idea with relevant people early enough to gather feedback and build understanding.

To continue a discussion outside the current meeting thread or audience.

A request to make the desired outcome or quality standard concrete.

A chain of seemingly necessary side tasks that delays the original task.