From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike McLean Subject: Re: [OT][GTD] GTDish next action "todo" keyword, could that influence your productivity in any way? Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:22:53 -0400 Message-ID: <26E6DF5E-1AD8-4CDF-B4DD-8567A28AF856@pobox.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.0 \(1485\)) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C9EF648F-F0E9-4258-A687-CC248B28B795" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55410) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T3mY2-0005sj-Lq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:23:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T3mXv-0004Ko-Mb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:23:02 -0400 Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:57869 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T3mXv-0004KZ-I8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:22:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Cc: Org Mode --Apple-Mail=_C9EF648F-F0E9-4258-A687-CC248B28B795 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On Aug 19, 2012, at 10:59 PM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa = wrote: > What do you think; and what word do you use as your TODO keyword? I use: (sequence "BACKLOG(b!)" "TODO(t!)" "DOING(o!)" "|" "DONE(d!)") I treat my Task sequence as a form of a non-visual Kanban. I self-impose = workflow limits on the number of items that are allow to be DOING = (currently in process) and TODO (committed to doing). I use BACKLOG for = items that I have captured but not necessarily committed to yet. I try = to always select work from my DOING list. If that has space available in = the workflow limit I review my TODO list and =93pull=94 into DOING. If = the TODO list has space available, I review BACKLOG and pull forward = into doing. I have agenda view for each of these =93Kanban Lanes=94. I have a grand thought of someday writing an agenda view or mode that = looks like a Kanban board -- I've seen some of what can be done with = respect to views in Emacs from the ~calfw~ package, so it is just a = matter of time. Other's have mentioned ideas like waiting on someone else, needs to be = verified, etc. I keep those as a separate ~org-todo-keywords~ sequences = so that I can use ~S-~ nearly exclusively as my keystroke to = =93pull=94 an item forward in the value stream. So for completeness, my = task sequence also includes: (sequence "WAITING(W@)" "VERIFY(v@/!)" "|" "NOT_DONE(N@/!)") (sequence "ERRANDS(E!)" "|" "DONE(d!)") (sequence "RECURRENT(!)" "|" "DONE(!)") I only have to use a direct task selection (not S-) when moving a = task out of the main flow into WAITING or VERIFY or moving a task back = from WAITING or VERIFY into the main sequence.=20 HTH Mike --Apple-Mail=_C9EF648F-F0E9-4258-A687-CC248B28B795 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 celoserpa@gmail.com> = wrote:

I treat my = Task sequence as a form of a non-visual Kanban. I self-impose workflow = limits on the number of items that are allow to be DOING (currently in = process) and TODO (committed to doing). I use BACKLOG for items that I = have captured but not necessarily committed to yet. I try to always = select work from my DOING list. If that has space available in the = workflow limit I review my TODO list and =93pull=94 into DOING. If the = TODO list has space available, I review BACKLOG and pull forward into = doing. I have agenda view for each of these =93Kanban = Lanes=94.

I have a grand thought of someday = writing an agenda view or mode that looks like a Kanban board -- I've = seen some of what can be done with respect to views in Emacs from the = ~calfw~ package, so it is just a matter of = time.

Other's have mentioned ideas like waiting = on someone else, needs to be verified, etc. I keep those as a separate = ~org-todo-keywords~ sequences so that I can use ~S-<left>~ nearly = exclusively as my keystroke to =93pull=94 an item forward in the value = stream. So for completeness, my task sequence also = includes:

(sequence "WAITING(W@)" = "VERIFY(v@/!)" "|" "NOT_DONE(N@/!)")
(sequence "ERRANDS(E!)" = "|" "DONE(d!)")
(sequence "RECURRENT(!)" "|" = "DONE(!)")

I only have to use a direct = task selection (not S-<left>) when moving a task out of the main = flow into WAITING or VERIFY or moving a task back from WAITING or VERIFY = into the main = sequence. 

HTH

Mike=

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