What are some of your practices for handling "Waiting For..." items?
For example, say that your @NA is to "Call John Smith re: Revenue Report". You call John, and he says "I'll run the report and send it to you tomorrow".
Ok, so your @Next Action is done and ready to be "checked off"; you called John. But there still is something that needs to happen for you to get this report - you are "Waiting For..." the report from John. Do you:
1. Add a "Waiting For..." item on your @NA list or where ever you store WF reminders...
2. Leave the "Call John Smith re: Revenue Report" on your @NA list, unchecked, and add WF to the beginning (eg. "WF - Call John Smith re: Revenue Report"...
3. If it's a project, put a note in the project that says "WF - Revenue Report from John Smith"...
4. Some other way of leaving a reminder that there something still needs to be done re: Revenue Report...
In my mind, "Waiting For..." items are not "Next Actions" for me, so I don't clutter my NA list with items that fit this category. I have a Notes category set up called "Waiting For.." I like to keep my radar clean of things that are not for me to do when I'm in the "heat of battle", but I still want to be reminded that something is "in progress".
I'm basically looking for a way to make sure that "WF - Revenue Report" shows up on my radar, especially when it can't wait for my Weekly Review.
I've been going back and forth between the above regardig "Items that need to be done, but you are "Waiting For" someone else to do them".
As always, your thoughts are greatly appreciated!
James
For example, say that your @NA is to "Call John Smith re: Revenue Report". You call John, and he says "I'll run the report and send it to you tomorrow".
Ok, so your @Next Action is done and ready to be "checked off"; you called John. But there still is something that needs to happen for you to get this report - you are "Waiting For..." the report from John. Do you:
1. Add a "Waiting For..." item on your @NA list or where ever you store WF reminders...
2. Leave the "Call John Smith re: Revenue Report" on your @NA list, unchecked, and add WF to the beginning (eg. "WF - Call John Smith re: Revenue Report"...
3. If it's a project, put a note in the project that says "WF - Revenue Report from John Smith"...
4. Some other way of leaving a reminder that there something still needs to be done re: Revenue Report...
In my mind, "Waiting For..." items are not "Next Actions" for me, so I don't clutter my NA list with items that fit this category. I have a Notes category set up called "Waiting For.." I like to keep my radar clean of things that are not for me to do when I'm in the "heat of battle", but I still want to be reminded that something is "in progress".
I'm basically looking for a way to make sure that "WF - Revenue Report" shows up on my radar, especially when it can't wait for my Weekly Review.
I've been going back and forth between the above regardig "Items that need to be done, but you are "Waiting For" someone else to do them".
As always, your thoughts are greatly appreciated!
James