On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> wrote:

> Chris Patti <cpatti@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'm guessing I'm missing something obvious here, and that's why I'm
> asking.
>
> Export.  List are used everywhere.
>

I also use them for “simple” projects. I have a set of Task TODO keywords
for one-off tasks. I have a set of Project TODO keywords for projects.
Typically a project is a heading with a Project keyword and a number of
(level + 1) headings with Task keywords. For projects that span several
days/weeks this works well.

Some things that I do fall between Project and Task in the complexity. The
items needs 1-2 things done and discrete and different points in time
(temporal dependency, first A then B) or with different co workers
(collaboration) or both. The overall work, however, will only take 0-2
days. It's too big for a single task. It's too small for a Project. It's
related items that conceptually belong together. In Goldilocks fashion, a
check-box list is just the right size.

#+begin_example
** TODO Medium Sized “project” [1/3]
- [X] Get information from John
- [ ] Process information and send to Mary for review
- [ ] Finalize and submit final to Joe (based on Mary’s comments and
changes)
#+end_example