I set a due date and phrase the task as what they should accomplish. "John to have made call to Verizon" due on 11/11/2009, for example. I make that person his own context if I do a lot with him. Otherwise, it's @phone, etc.
On Nov 12, 6:39 am, pottster <[email protected]> wrote: > At the moment I'm "between jobs" and I pretty much do the same as Lisa > and keep it simple. However, your question raises some interesting > thoughts about how MLO can be used. > > I had a look at my last role and came up with an MLO template that > might have been useful to handle communications at work (including > delegation). It's based around an outline structure with folders for > individuals. The benefit of using an outline instead of tags like > contexts, flags, etc is that it's easier to review and easier to > maintain a contact history by person. It's most appropriate for high > volume communication with people you deal with regularly. It could be > useful, for example, for 1:1 meetings, performance reviews, > consolidated task phone calls/emails, departmental meetings etc. > > Your tasks are a contract with yourself but tasks given to and > received from others are a contract with them which might need a more > formal process i.e. proposal, acceptance, monitoring, completion. > These should be mutually agreed/managed to avoid comments like "you > never asked me to do that", "you asked me to do it but I told you I > couldn't", "I'd forgotten I had to do that", "you may think it's > finished, but I don't". This opens up the possibility of using the MLO > template as a shared document/contract so that everyone's got the same > idea of what has to be done and the status. I know there are a zillion > collaborative webapps out there but the advantage of MLO lies in > combining the outline (with sequences of tasks, dependencies, > hierarchies etc) with a straight to do list. The webapps are just to > do lists. > > I guess MLO is principally designed to manage your own tasks/goals > but, for a lot of people, this is only part of the story. Your work > life might also include managing the tasks/goals of others; your line > reports, your boss, your colleagues. MLO could also be used to help > others achieve and manage the tasks they give you and you give them. > > If you're interested, reply to me, and I will send you a link to the > template which explains a bit more technical detail about how I would > make it work for me. Any feedback would be welcome. > > On Nov 11, 10:47 pm, "Bill N." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How do folks track tasks that have been delegated to someone else? > > There is no "Delegated to..." or follow-up tracking. Anyone figured > > out a clever way to handle this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
