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Relating next actions to projects
Borganizer | Feb 14 2006
Because I am a rule-obeying control freak who's obsessed to do things by the book, I'm wondering about this. I read the book and am preparing to implement this system, but one thing I'm not clear about is how to handle projects. The book says that the "Projects" list is a reminder for my open loops - OK. But - if my project to "Fix car windows" starts with "Call Earl re that mechanic he recommended", which goes on the "Calls" list, when I have called Earl, how do I know it's related to the "Fix car windows" project (which now needs a new next action)? If it were just a handful of projects I could probably keep it in my head, but that approach seems counter to what GTD is about. I guess I could just put some kind of indicator next to "Call Earl about...", like "Car windows: Call Earl...", but first I'd like to know how this should be handled according to the book. I haven't managed to figure it out yet. I have a feeling I'll have a hard time tweaking GTD to fit me if I'm going to be like this all the time... Oh well ;) 7 Comments
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 If you want/need Palm synchronisation...Submitted by StuGib on February 15, 2006 - 7:30am.
If you want/need Palm synchronisation (or even if you don't because it can work standalone), Bonsai v4 also has the 'complete subtasks in order' next action feature like MLO. The advantage of this kind of feature is that you can use a 'define next action' action to automatically remind you to look again at your project once you complete the next 'next action' (if that makes sense?!). I think this issue probably accounts for about 20% of the entire traffic on some GTD discussion lists I've read over the last few years! It tends to come down to 3 solutions: - Link using some software (either an outline, wiki, tag, contact field etc). I go for an outline because it can give a plan and do view in one app - I can plan in levels and then filter just to show the next actions. I also want to be able to look forward (here's my project, what are the actions associated with it?) and backward (here's an action, what project does it relate to?). » POSTED IN:
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