From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olaf Dietsche Subject: Re: Using the agenda to calculate how much work I have scheduled Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:31:22 +0100 Message-ID: <873afjczk5.fsf@rat.lan> References: <20090115025608.GA11407@owl.prv.maya.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNlzc-00068L-Js for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:32:00 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LNlzb-00066N-52 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:31:59 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58909 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LNlza-00066B-Ut for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:31:59 -0500 Received: from www85.your-server.de ([213.133.104.85]:44055) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LNlza-00035v-Jh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:31:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20090115025608.GA11407@owl.prv.maya.com> (Christopher DeMarco's message of "Wed\, 14 Jan 2009 21\:56\:08 -0500") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Christopher DeMarco Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Christopher DeMarco writes: > I want to have a realistic expectation of what I can accomplish in a > day. So I want each TODO to have a time estimate of how long I think > it will take, and for the agenda to add them all up and tell me how > terrible my day is going to be. Have a look at the org manual section "8.5 Effort estimates". Maybe this is what you're looking for. Regards, Olaf