When a person proactively blocks off time on his or her work calendar, so he or she can focus on important tasks, meetings, and personal commitments. This helps the person protect his or her time and ensure that he or she is not constantly interrupted by other tasks.
Example: The engineering manager advocated for practicing defensive calendaring, so the team could allocate dedicated blocks of time for focused deep work and avoid interruptions.
Variations: calendar blocking
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Question: What does "Calendar Invite" mean?
(A) When a person wants to meet with you next week.
(B) An email sent to schedule a meeting with the option to either accept or decline the meeting at the scheduled time.
(C) When a person has available time on their calendar to meet with you.
(D) When a person does not have any time to meet with you.
Answer: Find out the right answer here.
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Date: 05/03/2024
Word: Close It Out
Definition: To mark something as completed.
Example: This task has been fixed, so let's close it out within the task tracker.
"Defensive Calendaring." Jargonism.com Dictionary, https://jargonism.com/words/1772. Accessed 05/03/2024.