Meeting & Scheduling Jargon · Vice President level

"Timebox"

"Timebox" means to assign a fixed duration to a task or discussion so it does not run past the allotted time.

Say this instead: set a time limit

How "Timebox" shows up at work

Popular in agile teams and among facilitators who have sat through too many meetings without an agenda. Used as a verb in real-time: "Let's timebox this to five minutes" is often said seven minutes into an eight-minute detour.

Buzzword

Let's timebox the discussion on vendor selection to 15 minutes so we stay on track.

Plain English

Let's set a 15-minute time limit for the vendor discussion so we stay on track.

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