Hi Bernt, sorry, I wasn't more specific. My problem is with projects that consist of subprojects and simple tasks. Consider the following scenario:
* TODO Project ** TODO Subproject A *** NEXT Task A1 *** TODO Task A2 ** NEXT Task B ** TODO Task C ** TODO ... Task B and C have to be done in order. However, Subproject A is somewhat independent and can be done in parallel, while working on Task B and C. When I mark Task B as DONE, the Project is still unstuck because of the a NEXT task in Subproject A. Meaning that I never get to schedule Task C or any following tasks until I'm done with Subproject A. One solution to this problem would be to trigger a state change in Task C automatically when Task B is done. But I'm afraid that is too much setup and also not flexible enough. Often, when I consider a stuck project I schedule next actions that I haven't thought of before or even put the project on a someday list. Another solution would be to implement a stale projects list, i.e. a list of projects that have defined next actions, but haven't seen any work in the last X days. Cheers, Viktor PS: Your org-mode site is generally the bomb! Bernt Hansen wrote: > Viktor Rosenfeld <listuse...@googlemail.com> writes: > > > I use Bernt's approach with a few modifications. Basically I don't use > > subprojects. I think Bernt's handling of subprojects is broken, because > > a NEXT keyword burried in a subproject keeps the entire project off the > > stuck projects lists. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) > > It's possible it's broken :) but subprojects are considered separately > for the stuck project list. It is true that if any subproject has a > NEXT task then the overall project is not stuck (but doesn't that makes > sense?) > > * TODO Project > ** TODO SubProject A > *** NEXT Task One > ** TODO SubProject B > *** TODO Task Two > > In the above layout Project is not stuck (it has Task One as a NEXT > task) but SubProject B is stuck (it has no next task and shows up on the > stuck project list) > > Also as soon as Task One is DONE than both SubProject A and Project are > both stuck until a new NEXT task is identified (or they are in turn > marked DONE) > > Regards, > Bernt >
