I am in a crowd-sourcing project where lots of discussions take place using various WhatsApp groups and within such groups, tasks are distributed, taken up, delivered and paid for. Let us analyze the scenario from GTD perspective now:
Clearly, WhatsApp is the INBOX here which is the central pool where all the information arrives in the first instance. However, this is where the nightmare begins for me endlessly. Reasons:
Please share your thoughts on implementing GTD when WhatsApp is the inbox that cannot be changed.
Clearly, WhatsApp is the INBOX here which is the central pool where all the information arrives in the first instance. However, this is where the nightmare begins for me endlessly. Reasons:
- Project specs are being given in a group setting where multiple projects are being discussed and negotiatated the same time.
- I solved this problem by making the group with "posting rights only to admin", so readers can pick a project spec and start discussing it in a 1-on-1 chat with the admin.
- At this stage, 1-on-1 chat becomes the Inbox between a Project Owner and Contractor (who does the work).
- The challenge now is that the same Contractor may pick up different jobs (projects) every day and then go on to deliver each job over several days.
- My problem is how to demarcate each task bit information that comes along and how do I set deadlines on each such Job Discussion that happens sporadically over the next several days.
- I came across a tool called Timelines.ai that helps pick specific messages in a certain discussion and give tags / notes / deadlines to each dialog that goes in a flow. However, the software interface is still evolving and is still not very polished at this time.
- I am trying out ToDoist app as well to see if I can right-click-and-transfer parts of a conversation to preset Project or Job IDs from WhatsApp to ToDoist.
Please share your thoughts on implementing GTD when WhatsApp is the inbox that cannot be changed.