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Task Chains
GOD | May 28 2006
I just discovered a simple little trick for dealing with dependent tasks -- list them all in a row. For example: @office - get tax information / @online - check on tax refund status So, instead of checking it off when the first task is done I'll just edit that task out and leave the rest. 5 Comments
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 Are you doing your lists...Submitted by GOD on May 29, 2006 - 5:09am.
Berko wrote:
Are you doing your lists electronically? If so, do you do some sort of versioning so that you can see the progression of your projects. My question is how you keep track of the discreet actions you take when completing a project. If you "edit that task out" you aren't simply marking it off as completed; you're removing the text that describes those action dependencies. Perhaps it doesn't matter for you to keep track of all those actions, but I really like to. I do keep my lists electronically but I don't keep track of completed actions. I just don't have anything that requires that amount of supervision. I was going to say that this is because I am a student but I know you are too. I do know that those in a business environment might rely on completed tasks for reviews though. Still trying to keep it simple, I suppose you could copy the task, complete it, then edit the copy. For those that duplicate actions on their to-do list and their project list could mark it on their project. But right now I have this in mind for micro-projects, though I don't think it is limited to that. » POSTED IN:
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