Glossary Waiting for
Waiting for
Also known as:
waiting-for list, delegated, waiting onProductivityMethodologyGTD
Definition
In GTD, the list of things you have handed to someone else and still care about — a request sent, a task delegated, an order placed — each with who and when, so that the follow-up is a next action of yours and not a worry
The list that turns delegation from hope into a system: the item leaves your next actions and lands here with a date, the weekly review reads it, and an overdue one becomes a next action to nudge. Half of what people carry in their heads is on this list once it exists. The workflow figure sends delegate it here.
Not your action, still your outcome. The list is the difference between remembering to chase and remembering that you should have.