I'm still trying to master the Next Action concept. The following is a portion of the projects I currently have going and a description of the next actions associated with them. I'd like some comments on whether or not I'm getting the Next Action concept down (I am using the GTD Outlook Add-in):
"Add ability to print house account notes" is a project. Underneath it I have a Next Action "20040528 - Create query for collecting notes". In the notes section of this Next Action task entry I have "Create Crystal Report for printing the house account notes" and "Create user interface for printing house account notes"
I then have a project "Business names on the web use existing PowerFlash business names" and under this I have a Next Action "20040529 - Write function to check for existence of a name entered via the web site" and in the notes section of this Next Action task entry I have "Create UI for the web to handle results of business name check" and "Create error handling to deal with invalid business names" and "Create error handling to deal with duplicate business names".
You get the idea. I try to come up with some additional Next Action items and I include those in the notes section of the Outlook task. Then, when the Next Action is finished I can go ahead and move one of the others to the description line and save it with a new date as the Next Action in line for completion for that project. Does this seem reasonable? Is there a way I can improve on this concept?
Thanks!
Mike
"Add ability to print house account notes" is a project. Underneath it I have a Next Action "20040528 - Create query for collecting notes". In the notes section of this Next Action task entry I have "Create Crystal Report for printing the house account notes" and "Create user interface for printing house account notes"
I then have a project "Business names on the web use existing PowerFlash business names" and under this I have a Next Action "20040529 - Write function to check for existence of a name entered via the web site" and in the notes section of this Next Action task entry I have "Create UI for the web to handle results of business name check" and "Create error handling to deal with invalid business names" and "Create error handling to deal with duplicate business names".
You get the idea. I try to come up with some additional Next Action items and I include those in the notes section of the Outlook task. Then, when the Next Action is finished I can go ahead and move one of the others to the description line and save it with a new date as the Next Action in line for completion for that project. Does this seem reasonable? Is there a way I can improve on this concept?
Thanks!
Mike