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Newbie question - actions 'by' a certain date?
aberrant | May 14 2006
I just finished reading GTD and I've already blocked off 2 days to get started, but something's still bothering me: what about actions that need to get done by (but not necessarily ON) a certain date? An example is a paper that needs to be written: assume that all the research has been done, and the task of writing the paper remains. Let's say it will take approximately 12 hours to write, and it's due next Thursday. How do I capture this? If I put a calendar item in for Thursday, it could be that I miss the deadline since I didn't allocate enough time. If I put it in my actions list, then I'm not guaranteed to get to it by the deadline. (Or have I missed some fundamental piece of this process?) 9 Comments
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 but this implies that I...Submitted by Berko on May 15, 2006 - 5:26am.
aberrant wrote: but this implies that I put the deadlines on my NA list I would actually put the deadline on the project card. Then, move the action over during your review. If you need to, you could make a note of the deadline there, but I would try to avoid it. It might be helpful if there is any way you could get your deadlines to be the same day of the week. That sounds like a pipe dream, but maybe you could ask your boss to give you a deadline that is the Friday before it's actually due or something like that. That way, you don't have to worry about the deadline, just getting the whole list of NA's done before the next review. » POSTED IN:
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