Task is the technical term for one of the assignments required to complete a project. It is commonly used to refer to GTD techniques and project managements.
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What software helps organize and manage practice routines?
I have a practice routine I would like to manage using software.
I have several sequential daily and weekly tasks that are flexible in there time(for example, it maybe be a 30min task but can be more ...
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Gathering tasks all the time?
I currently am maintaining my tasks in a google excel sheet. I add tasks to it once I start working on my laptop. But there are other house hold tasks, or the ones which my wife tells me, those I ...
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First Things First system
I remember once hearing about a productivity system called First Things First. What is the system, and how does it work?
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Task Based or Calendar based GTD
Many GTD article specifies that you put tasks for small items (that are less than 15 minutes long) and rest in calendar. I am thinking of using toodledo as primary system and then calendar for ...
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What is the most efficient software for email and task management
I receive most of my tasks by email or in meetings, and many tasks are complete using email. At the moment I use Thunderbird on my computer, and the Toodledo website on my computer and on my Android ...
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How do I implement Mark Forster Superfocus task management on my Android mobile?
Mark Forster Superfocus task management and his previous systems does work for me. However, it was written for a pen/paper notebook implementation. I have problem implementing it on my Android mobile.
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Todo list manager with progress bar
After doing some fiddling with some Excel sheets, I saw that it worked out nicely for me to have a monthly or trimestrial todo list with checkboxes and a progress bar on top.
The general look and ...
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Merge daily todo with project todo
I'm on a quest of finding the best tool to manage what I do.
TL;DR: Freelance web developer looking for tool to connect project management and daily tasks.
I like Getting Things Done methodology a ...
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How to engage those dreaded tasks on time
I am an MS student and I also have a part time job. I am facing the same producticity problem that has bothered me during my Bsc.
As to organization, I have a calendar on my desktop showing important ...
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Reviewing Past Productivity
I have tried tons of apps, some of the ones I like being Wunderlist and Workflowy. A feature that these 2 don't have (to my knowledge) is a weekly review.. I would love to be able to go back and see ...
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Handling delayed delegating in GTD
In GTD, how do you handle delegating an action if the act of delegating itself cannot be accomplished right when you are processing your inbox, and in less than two minutes?
e.g. "summarize the last ...
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Best Practices for returning to a complex task?
I have alot of complex tasks, and sometimes they get lost in the shuffle and I forget to return to them.
One thing I know helps in returning to a complex task is using a session manager (examples: ...
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Handle unexpected delays and new tasks
I am still practicing with productivity methods, so I am not very familiar with terminology and techniques... maybe it's all already written in a technique I have not learned yet.
My question is ...
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Consequences to unfinished tasks/projects/goals. Any evidence?
I've read a few comments on how unfinished tasks influences your performance because it makes you feel frustrated. I personally cancel a task/goal/project if I notice it can be done a better way or if ...
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Shortcut to open a web Paymo timer
Is there a chrome extension or a bookmarklet to open Paymo timer?
I know a lot of people use this service for time tracking but you always have to go to the website first and click Timer button.
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Do I need to use projects to track sub-tasks?
I am just starting on adopting GTD and while this might be a very naive question, I did not see it get answered on the forum.
The question essentially is, how frequently would you create projects to ...
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Has anyone ever seen any basic, temporally intelligent scheduling tools out there?
I find myself working on a number of smaller projects for clients, as well as managing my daily list of "to do" items.
I'm looking for a tool that would allow entry of tasks (taskname, duration, ...
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What device(s) and format should I use for my to-do lists, including plans, schedules, timetables.
My problem is I am always making todo lists, timetables, and schedules. Though the problem is not procrastination(Not 100%), it goes like this :
I want a perfect todo list, because of which I ...
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ToDo list application with projects, start and due dates, a priority field and custom filtering for Mac OS X?
I'm searching for a todo-list application for Mac OS X which can do the following.
list tasks
organize them in "projects" (à la GTD)
assign a start date and a due date to each task
and ...
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Sweeping a wet bathroom floor [closed]
I find that sweeping a bathroom floor when it is wet is very hard. When wet, dust and hairs tend to stick to the floor, making them very hard to sweep up. Furthermore, they tend to get stuck in the ...
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I need a tool for me and my wife to set priorities
I married this month, and I moved in with my wife.
Now we have a lot of tasks to do. It's extremely difficult for one to decide what to do first, not knowing the other's opinion. Something that is ...
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In a company setting, what are the drawbacks of prioritizing tasks by revenue?
In a company setting, what are the advantages of drawbacks of prioritizing tasks by revenue?
In the article Entrepeneur - Five Simple Ways to Boost Productivity, I read:
Delegate tasks that don't ...
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How to handle repetitive tasks with predictable subtasks?
I have a selection of tasks that I have to do regularly. To fulfil the task, I have to do a predictable set of subtasks and keep track of them. I wonder how others handle this situation. I will ...
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Solution for Incomplete-able Tasks?
The problem I have with all current to-do list and task management systems is that what I construe as being ‘tasks’ doesn’t seem to be compatible with what the software makers do.
In my definition of ...
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What's a good free replacement for a corporate Exchange account that will let me migrate Tasks?
I have an extensive set of personal Tasks organized in GTD fashion that I want to migrate off of my corporate exchange account. Is there a good, free alternative out there? I was thinking I could ...
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How do I handle tasks that take long periods of time with Kanban
I see a question out there for ongoing tasks handling those in kanban. I am asking more about how to handle lengthier tasks with Kanban.
Currently I have a board and I run the following columns: ...
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Mandala charts adoption for personal productivity
I've found an iPad app about "Mandala Charts" that, to me, seems to be related to an effective time planning. Or, maybe, to a form of multidimensional analysis.
I'm not sure, though, as most of the ...
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app which to keep track of reminders and scrap notes
I am looking for an all encompassing app which allows me to handle the my calendar (with mobile reminders) and my "scrap notes" (to-do lists, links I want to check out in the future, cool stuff I find ...
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How do you organize your life in Asana?
I am looking forward to migrate fully to asana from Things because of pricing/costs reasons. What I have right now in Things (for Mac) is :
Today
Next
Scheduled
Someday
Projects
I have never used ...
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Task Management Application with task dependencies
For some reason, even though there are tons of task management applications out there, I'm not able to find many that have the capability to manage task dependencies. That is to say, if I must do A ...
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Fancy Hands equivalent for Germany
I'm looking for an alternative to Fancy Hands in Germany. They offer personal assistants for everyday tasks, that don't want to get off your todo list. Here is a list of typical tasks from their ...
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How to handle emerging sub tasks and dismissed tasks-in-progress
When working on a (programming) task, often I discover that the goal I set cannot be achieved the way I thought: either (1) it must be split up, or (2) abandoned altogether. In the Pomodoro book, this ...
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Learning new material while being a Junior
I have been asked with a task that is about linux driver development and its so complex actually. I'm in the first two months of work, and I don't want say I do not know about this and my boss expects ...
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Dislike towards sleeping late in order to study
I dislike/cringe at the thought of having to sleep late in order to study. This is for the reason that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday, and to get the most out of it I need to get the most ...
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Task timer tool [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows Freeware/Shareware programs for tracking daily tasks?
Is there a simple tool to manage/track individual tasks with start/stop timer? i.e. when I start a task, I ...
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App that has nice separate lists for tasks and goals?
Is their any app (Web based, Android, iPhone, anything) which enables a person to manage both - his tasks and his goals, without mixing them up.
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When do you update and study other material?
Considering an 8-9 hours a day in a job, you come home, you are tired, wanna listen to music, don't want to study anything new in CS, weekend comes, you never want to touch anything related to work, ...
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How to avoid to-do STACK list?
When making to do list I often have a problem of creating them as Stacks (U know first in last out list ). Some how there will be some items at the top which will block all other items , so until I ...
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Which way to manage download and put them in workflow to install
i download many apps from links in this stack and then forget to install all of them is there any way to manage it?
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What's a good replacement to Gqueues Pro?
I like task management tool GQueues (http://www.gqueues.com/). But the pro version is as costly as $25/mo which is too expensive for me as a student. What's a good replacement to it? I mainly would ...
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To-Do list that allows users to search - really required?
Unlike every other To-Do list I have ever seen, Astrid Tasks allows its users to search for the tasks as evident from these screenshots:
My Question is: Is this feature really applicable in a ...
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Can sombody suggest me a simple planning software ? [closed]
I want a planning application , preferably an online one. It should have the features like
adding tasks, updating status etc..
