Action Items

see this conversation between my Team Lead and me.

TL : We are being given three action items by clients , I am thinking of assigning it to you.. what are your current action items ?

ME: I am already testing a fix that I coded last week.

TL : Ok i will assign it to someone else ,

the word action items is commonly used in My current project. I don't like this word as it is a heavy word. This word is being spoken as if we are given an action item to conquer a hill on kargil or carry out a heart transplant operations.