From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Viktor Rosenfeld Subject: Re: What do you use to identify projects (in the GTD sense) Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:49:48 +0100 Message-ID: <20111211164948.GA1082@kenny.fritz.box> References: <87ty7ge2p1.fsf@norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:53855) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RZmb6-00050l-6S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:49:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RZmb4-0002XF-Q1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:49:56 -0500 Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:62776) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RZmb4-0002XA-Jh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:49:54 -0500 Received: by bkbzt12 with SMTP id zt12so5319441bkb.0 for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:49:52 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ty7ge2p1.fsf@norang.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I use Bernt's approach with a few modifications. Basically I don't use subprojects. I think Bernt's handling of subprojects is broken, because a NEXT keyword burried in a subproject keeps the entire project off the stuck projects lists. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) My solution is to move a project's task that itself requires subtasks out of the project and make it a top-level project in itself. This makes archiving somewhat cumbersome, as (sub) projects may get archived out of order. But for me archiving is a very manual process anyway. I delete lots of done projects or move the information to a notes file. I also have a lot of simple tasks that aren't really part of project. (Like "watch my sister's kids". What project would I put that under?) These one-shot tasks appear on my next action agenda block along with project next action. They do not appear in the "Stuck projects" agenda block if they dont' have a NEXT keyword, but in a a seperate agenda block, because there is no need to determine the next action. I just have to determine the work context or maybe schedule them for a particular day. Bernt Hansen wrote: > Marcelo de Moraes Serpa writes: > > > I'm wondering if you make the distinction between projects and > > actionable items. > > > How do you do it?  > > http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Projects > > -Bernt >