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name: create-an-action-item-list
category: start
description: Create an action-item list with specific outcomes, owners, due dates, dependencies, evidence, and closure status. Use when decisions or meetings must turn into trackable work.
---

# create-an-action-item-list

Each action needs one accountable owner and a verifiable finish.

## When to use

- Use after meetings, reviews, incidents, planning sessions, or handoffs.
- Do not assign people without confirming responsibility and authority.

## Procedure

1. Gather actions from decisions, notes, open questions, risks, and commitments.
2. Rewrite each as a concrete outcome using an action verb and clear scope.
3. Assign one accountable owner, contributors, due date, priority, and decision or milestone link.
4. Record dependencies, blockers, escalation date, and evidence required for closure.
5. Separate actions from decisions, risks, issues, and recurring responsibilities.
6. Confirm owners and dates, resolve duplicates, and order by dependency.
7. Review regularly; mark done only when evidence is linked and accepted.

## Done

- An action list records outcome, owner, contributors, due date, priority, dependency, status, and evidence
- Owner-confirmation, duplicate, dependency, overdue, evidence, and acceptance checks verify closure