When talking about a new assignment at work, the scrum master always says
You should tackle ticket [ticketNumber] next.
Is tackle the right choice? Can I use attack instead?
Thank you.
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Sign up to join this communityBoth of those are vernacular, metaphorical terms used in that situation. You can say attack if you want. However, beware the possibility that there's some sort of organisational culture that expects certain words to be used.
By the by, the rest of the word order isn't quite natural. A ticket number specifies the ticket specifically, so you don't need the definite article. Remove the and you have a valid sentence, but it's not natural. The natural word order would be:
You should tackle ticket [ticketnumber] next.
Or:
Next you should tackle ticket [ticketnumber].
Tackling a ticket means dealing with that ticket.
Attacking a problem/task/ticket/assignment means tackling them quickly and in an effective way.
I suppose attack is more informal (and more aggressive) than tackle.