From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell Adams Subject: Re: depending TODOs, scheduling following TODOs automatically Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:59:07 -0500 Message-ID: <20071009035907.GE10774@odin.demosthenes.org> References: <6dbd4d000710080626i52f0f0t9354addc33c0efee@mail.gmail.com> <20071008134353.GA10774@odin.demosthenes.org> <877ilxmimn.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <877ilxnh44.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <20071009020103.GD10774@odin.demosthenes.org> 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 1If6FX-000757-0V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:59:15 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1If6FW-00073z-37 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:59:14 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1If6FV-00073o-VU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:59:13 -0400 Received: from squirtle.drak.net ([72.52.144.201]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1If6FV-0007QZ-KJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:59:13 -0400 Received: from 206.180.154.177.adsl.hal-pc.org ([206.180.154.177] helo=localhost) by squirtle.drak.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1If6FE-00005j-UV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:58:57 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 10:35:33PM -0500, Eddward DeVilla wrote: > On 10/8/07, Russell Adams wrote: > In projects, my sections are > - quick info -- a table with things like defect or request > tracking info, start date, estimated time, date testing begins and > date actually completed. I may have other simple cut and paste info > there. This stuff is slowly moving into the PROPERTIES drawer. > - status log -- a list with entries that begin with an inactive > date and whatever interesting things happened on that day. A diary of > sorts. > - investigating -- a hierarchy of checkbox lists (I use plain list > folding) of questions I need answers to. > - work -- a hierarchy of checkbox lists of things that actually > need to be done. > - verification -- a hierarchy of checkbox lists of what needs to > be done to verify that things got done right. (Testing) > > I'm now at the point that I have several such projects in flight that > can block one another. One thing I think I'm eventually going to have > to do is replace my checkbox lists to todo items lists. Given that > multiple todo sequences are supported, that is now reasonable. I think the difference here is that I have settled into a routine of grouping by logical type, not implementation order. This is why dependencies appeal to me, because I can use them to order items without disrupting the logical relationships. As to Gantt, lets just dump trees into Graphviz! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Russell Adams RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.com PGP Key ID: 0x1160DCB3 http://www.adamsinfoserv.com/ Fingerprint: 1723 D8CA 4280 1EC9 557F 66E8 1154 E018 1160 DCB3