Getting Things Done in practice
Getting Things Done is one of the most popular task management systems. GTD was invented by David Allen to help manage daily commitments effectively. Here's a quick look at how the GTD workflow looks in practice:
- All tasks go to Inbox
- Is task in Inbox actionable?
- Yes
- Who can handle task
- Somebody else - delegation
- Me - reserve time in calendar
- Takes less than 2 minutes
- Do it now
- Complex
- Break into smaller tasks
- Who can handle task
- No
- Eliminate
- Add to list Someday/Maybe
- Yes
Task management systems will not make you more productive automatically. However, they can give you a very important thing - a sense of control.Although Trask is not stricte GTD tool - but without problems, you can use it like any GTD tool. All tasks that do not have a date assigned go to Inbox. Next:
- If a task is not relevant, meaningless or not actual - remove it
- If a task will take several minutes - do it now - do not waste time on planning.
- If you can delegate task - do it.
- If a task is complex - split it into smaller tasks.
- Finally, plan when you are going to execute task by placing it in a calendar.