#ProdChat – 04/30/14 – Good Lists Make Good Tasks

Welcome to #ProdChat, the weekly #productivity conversation! http://goo.gl/l4aNi9 | Today’s Topic: Good Lists Makes Good Tasks.

We’ll be discussing skills, strategies and tools for list-making today on #prodchat!

Q1: WHAT ARE SOME GUIDELINES FOR MAKING A GREAT PROJECT/TASK LIST? #prodchat

Q2: HOW OFTEN DO YOU CHECK YOUR LISTS? AFTER EACH TASK? DURING THE DAY? ONCE PER DAY? WHEN/WHY? #prodchat

Q3: DOES THE TOOL/APP INFLUENCE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING LISTS? #prodchat

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Q4: DO YOU KEEP A SEPARATE LIST OF TASKS FOR EVERY PROJECT?

Q5a: HOW DO YOU HANDLE LISTS THAT STAGNATE WITH UNDONE ITEMS? #prodchat

Q5b: DO YOU KEEP YOUR LISTS CURRENT? HOW? #prodchat

Q6: ARE YOUR LISTS WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES? HOW DOES THIS HELP OR HURT YOUR PRODUCTIVITY? #prodchat

Q7: DO YOU KEEP TIME-BASED LISTS (E.G., TODAY, WEEK, MONTH)? WHY?

Q8a: DO YOU KEEP MANY SHORT LISTS OR FEW LONG LISTS? OR ANOTHER VARIANT? #prodchat

Q8b: SAID ANOTHER WAY: WHEN YOU DO YOU NEED MORE LISTS? WHEN DO YOU NEED LESS? #prodchat

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Notes/Research:

• How to Make an Effective Task List: 5 Steps – wikiHow

• How to Make Your To-Do List Doable – Lifehacker

• 5 Ways to Make Your To-Do Lists More Effective | Fast Company

• 4 Ways to Make a Better To-Do List – LearnVest

• How to Actually Get Sh!t Done With a To-Do List | Greatist

• How to Write an Effective To Do List – WorkAwesome

• Back to Basics: How to Simplify Your To-Do List and Make It Useful Again

• Productivity Hacks: Make To-Do Lists Work for You

• Marking up your to-do lists for increased productivity

• Getting Things Done: Well-Formed Context Lists | Brandon’s Notepad

• GTD Black Belt Setup Next Action Context Lists – YouTube

• Getting Things Done – Part Three: Next Actions, Contexts, Projects | Breaking Out

• What is (not) a GTD context? | Evomend

• GTD – Back to basics 3 – Context and Next Actions – Flipping Heck

• A Fresh Take on Contexts – SimplicityBliss

• GTD Context in 3 steps | 2020 IT Leader

• Guest Post: Advanced GTD with Remember The Milk

Additional Questions to Ponder:

• DO YOU WEAR DIFFERENT “HATS” FOR DIFFERENT LISTS?

• DO YOU TRACK YOUR “DONE” ITEMS ON A SEPARATE LIST(S)?

• HOW DOABLE ARE THE ITEMS ON YOUR TASK/PROJECTS LISTS?

• DO YOU HAVE HIT (HIGH-IMPACT TASKS) OR MIT (MOST IMPORTANT TASKS) LISTS?
  • HOW WOULD THAT DISTINCTION HELP YOUR PRODUCTIVITY?