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GTD and Programming: Experience and questions
datacaliber | Aug 29 2007
So, at my job I have a bugtracker for projects currently in development, a workflow manager for changes/bugs that existing clients have, email, and a pretty open policy on bothering others. It's actually not as bad as it sounds, but sometimes it's hard to keep organized. My first attempt at GTD had me using iGTD and basically F6-ing emails and bugs/workflows. I treated these sources of input as just another inbox with items to be processed. At first it seemed to work fine, but after a couple days it became overkill. The bugs/workflows have to be updated on their respective systems anyways, and the iGTD list was always becoming stale. Nowadays, I come into work, read email, look at the workflow manager, bugtracker, etc. Then I write the items I want to address on post-its. The one I'm currently working on goes on my laptop. This works a lot better but seems very un-GTDish. I'm sure there are other programmers out there. How do you deal with something like a bugtracker in a GTD-ish fashion? 2 Comments
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 I am a programmer, but...Submitted by Berko on August 29, 2007 - 8:02pm.
I am a programmer, but on my own so I can't say how I would interact with a bug tracking system. That being said, I think I would treat it like an inbox, but it's also by necessity and definition a trusted system for managing pending items, projects or NA's depending on the severity of the problem. Now, if you have a user-specific dashboard or can filter the display to only show items that are assigned to you, you're ready to roll. Working from within this environment might provide you with just the kind of context shift to trigger you into working, too, if you have any trouble with that. If you don't and all your stuff is lumped in with other people's stuff (Someone contact the bug tracker's developer, please!) I would just pull those out and put them into your own trusted system. For me, this is just a NA list and a Projects list. It doesn't include project planning or thinking out loud. Just a stake in the ground, like the David says, to remind me of its pending status. All that being said, it sounds like the PostIt note method is working for you. And if it ain't broke... » POSTED IN:
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