What do people mean by COB, EOD, EOB cycles ? In consulting lingo

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By midnight for all.

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I’d say it means 8:59am in your inbox.

Add a fourth even rarer acronym SOB. By “Start of Business” <date> meaning before 8AM local time

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COB/EOB - 5pm local/client time
EOD - either 11pm or 5am

Best practice: clarify with actual times.

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EOD is the only one I dare commit to.

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Cycles. Bandwidth. Time. Availability. All the same word.

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Close of business, end of day, end of business. 1 and 3 I would interpret as 5pm-ish whereas 2 could be midnight or whenever the team stops working for the day.

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All mean ASAP

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By 8am the following morning for all

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Mostly agree; however, I'd change it to "as late as I need it to be before I show up to work (in person or virtual) tomorrow morning"

I know EOD is end of day what about the other two ? This guy just asked me today if I have any cycles ? And I was like what ?

Yes. Cycles/time/bandwidth. Cycles as in computing cycles.

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in practice, usually
COB/EOB = by 5pm, recipient’s timezone
EOD = before recipient logs on next morning
.. but a good idea to explicitly ask when working with a new team

This is different if the client says it. Internal it could mean 8 AM the next day. But if I need it for a client I'll give a real time.

It is always fair to ask.

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