Monday, November 27, 2006

Keeping Next Actions organized

For every Project, I have set up a "Next Actions" section whose children are the actions that constitute the project.

To keep these somewhat in check, I use 2 tricks:

Using TypeIt4Me, I make sure that every action for myself starts with "Action:" (I just typed "ac" to put this in this post, and every delegated action with "Waiting for:... " ("wa")

Then, I apply an Automatic Sort with the following keys:

1. Status Checkbox:
    • ... moves the actions automatically to the bottom of the page as soon as they have been ticked off.
2. Due Date:
    • ... sorts them by urgency
3. Text:
    • ... sorts them alphabetically, so the Actions and Waiting for-s are grouped separately

The page format is such that it shows the Due Date, Keywords and stickers.

more to follow...

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