Re: Supporting non-stuck projects view with minimal effort

[Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>]

Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs <friedel@nomaden.org> writes:

> Hi!
>
> Carsten Dominik schrieb:
>> On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs wrote:
>> >I've been thinking, the view of stuck projects is nice, but I'd need a
>> >view of non-stuck projects to complement it.
>> can you describe how you would use such a view in your workflow?
> ---Zitatende---
>
> Sure. I'll mostly use it in my reviews or mindsweeps. I am using the
> trigger list from the GTD book (also on
> http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Trigger_List ) so I'll start by
> looking through the projects that are already started to see if
> something requires my attention, then review the list of stuck (or
> unstarted) projects and see if I can come up with a next action for
> them.
>
> It's important for me that there are no items that occur on both
> lists, since that means I will review them twice (and might end up not
> reviewing them thoroughly). Without the list of unstuck projects I can
> only look at stuck projects and then at all projects.

Or you can look at NEXT actions which should only be unstuck project
tasks you can work on immediately.

-Bernt