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Linked next actions?
juman | Feb 21 2006
Say I have a small project like replacing the tires of my car which could look like this in a mission statement... Mission (should you choose to accept it) : replace tires Steps : Breaking this down to actions: Several of these I can begin with at once, the collecting information parts as get number, get tire type etc. But I can't call anyone until I got their numbers. But still all this work can be done in a day if I just pass the diffrent containers during the day. So should I add all these things to my contextlists even if they are not do-able right now? Or should I keep the undo-able things and add them at the daily review for the next day? Such a thing can drag a little project like this for days. How do you keep track of these things? I mainly use paperbased contextlists but any idea is welcome :) 8 Comments
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 Hi Juman This is an excellent...Submitted by Rondolino on February 22, 2006 - 3:53pm.
Hi Juman This is an excellent point which I am trying to solve myself at the moment. I use a paper system - one task per mini post-it in an a4 notebook. Using your example, one possible answer could be to identifty which are the very next actions and put them in the relevant context list. Next, make a separate unique list in a projects section with the actions waiting to be triggered under a project header of "replace tyres" (Sorry about the spelling - I am in the UK!) If using post-its, you could put a project reference in the corner of all the tasks relating to the particular project, to help with reviewing. And if someone asks why the hell you are messing around with bits of yellow paper and haven't moved your arse to fix the tyres, you can confidently scan through your contexts and hopefully give a project update in no time. That is the best I can come up with - would be interested to know of a simpler low-tech solution. R » POSTED IN:
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