On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote: > Hello list, > > This is for the GTD orgers out there. I've taken the article written by > Charles as a basis for my GTD implementation. In the end, it's all about > what works for you, but I'd like to get some insights/opinions from you: For > Next Actions, are you using a single list OR you organize them > hierarchically under each project (in the projects list)? > > I started with the second one, putting each next action (TODO) item under > its correspondent project, however, it quickly became too bloated, and a mix > of projects, sub-projects and next-actions. Of course, org helps there with > sparse trees and other functions to filter trees, but still, I found it was > too complex, albeit more specific and I did felt I was more "organized", > even though I was getting lost. > > So, I just let go of my obsession about the perfect thing and decided to try > a single Next Actions list, together with a Projects list. The next actions > is a single list with all the actionable items from all the projects. I've > lost the relationship between a next action item and a project, but I can do > this easily by just looking at the action, having the system tell me is not > that important.
Usually, you define all actions for a project under the same hierarchy. You can decide how you want actions to be designated "next" (and projects to be designated "project") -- using keywords or tags and have a custom agenda command collect the next actions for you from all agenda files in a single list. -- Manish _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
