I don't think there is a problem with the way you are doing it. Having said that I would consider if some of these ad hoc tasks might be better recorded as a status update against a planned project step (recorded in the notes section if you were using MLO). If you had too many of these ad hoc tasks you might also consider whether your project plan was detailed enough and if they should be in the main project (it's a bit like setting up a filing system and finding that the "Miscellaneous" folder is bigger than the others put together). If a lot of these ad hoc tasks derive from following up on something that has been delegated, then a separate folder for each person in your Outline could be useful. Finally, if you wanted to track all activity by project, including ad hoc tasks, you could give them a project context.
On Dec 7, 5:16 pm, "Michael G." <[email protected]> wrote: > When I create a MLO project I have a list of planned activities > inserted via a template; generally this would be something I'd use MS > Project for on a larger project. As the project installation proceeds, > things come up on a day to day basis, such as "call vendor to > coordinate final connections" or "follow up with customer on change > order"; items that aren't planned but come up during the course of > work; these are the kind of issues I'd use a todo list to track. > > I've just been putting these daily todos in the inbox and not > attaching to the project. It isn't critical but thought there might be > a better way to do it. Hope that's clear. > > On Dec 7, 11:20 am, Neal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sorry, I'm not really following what you mean here. Could you give an > > example of the difference between a subtask of your project and something > > that is a "day to day" task? > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Michael G. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As most here it seems, I'm responsible for projects at work and have > > > several going on at one time. I created a project with about 30 tasks > > > and the next action is set to be in task order. During the course of a > > > project, day to day todo's come up which I've been putting in my > > > inbox. I'm wondering if there is a better way to do this. I could > > > create an inbox folder under each project, but this showing as a todo > > > becomes dependent on where it is in the list of tasks for the project. > > > > I'm using the MLO template when I set up my database. I'm looking for > > > suggestions if there is a better way to do 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]<mylifeorganized%2Bunsubscribe@ > > > googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- 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.
