I follow the more classical Getting Things Done (GTD) approach. Therefore, a project is any goal that takes more than one action to complete and a context is where/what I need to get it done.
For example, I have a project to "Embroider a Christmas Stocking". Task 1: Create design. Context: @Computer (because I need to use software to create it). Task 2: Stitch design. Context: @Craft Room (where my machine lives). Task 3: Deliver product. Context: @Away (since I'll be away from my house). In addition, I use the feature to add the project as a prefix to the task name. This helps distinguish similar items that are for other projects (such as creating a design for a shirt, not the stocking). I hope that helps, Elizabeth On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 2:47:28 AM UTC-6, [email protected] wrote: > > Thanks everyone for sharing your ideas and thoughts. > > > > After several hours of thought and MLO experiments I have further > qualified my original question to: > > > > Functionally - Why did the MLO team put the field "Project" into the > system when the Project Title ("Buy House") could be put into the Context > field? > > > > The Project field is quite similar to the Context field. > > > > Advantages of having a Project field: > > > > - The Task Title of the Parent Task (The Project's Name "Buy House") > is automatically entered into ALL the subtasks in the Task branch of the > tree. > > > > - The Project field in the subtasks can NOT be altered or deleted. > - In the Context field, the words that make the project's title CAN > be altered or even deleted. IF the Context field in a sub task is > altered > ("Buy Hous " - missing "e"), then when checking off subtasks in a Next > Action view is Halted and the remaining step in the branch are NOT > presented because that task doesn't have the same Context spelling / > name > as the rest of the branch - Therefore the rest of the projects sub > tasks > don't show up to be done! > > > > - If the TITLE of the Project changes from "Buy House" to anything > else ("Buy Beach House") - ALL the subtasks in the Project branch are > automatically renamed to the Parent Project Title. :) > > > > - A BIG help is when there are LOTS of Project titles. IF the Project > titles had to be put into the Context field then the Context List would be > bloated by that number of project Title words - (Buy House; Buy Beach > House; Buy Castle; Fix brakes on blue car; etc….. ) for a Context List > that > would be cumbersome to scroll thru. > > > > - Because of the Project Title words being put into the Project field, > the Context field is kept smaller. > - When a project is deleted from the Outline (tree) - All the Project > Title words are automatically removed from the Project field. If the > Project title words were stored in the Context field - EACH Project title > set of words would have to be manually deleted from the Context List. > > > > - By using the Project field, the entire branch from the Parent Task > to the very bottom branch & leaf is held together as a unit that can't be > accidently altered. > > > > - A new task that is put into a Branch that is a project has it's > Project field automatically set to the Parent's Project name. > > > > - A task in a branch with a different parent can not have it's Project > field set to the same Project name where you CAN do that with the Context > field. > > > > There are more advantages, including all those covered in the MLO Help, > but these are advantages that helped me understand why I would want to use > Projects instead of putting everything in to the Context field (list). > > > > I attached a graphic file showing the same project twice, one as a Project > and the other NOT a project. I commented the graphic - I hope you might > find the above of interest. > > > > Please leave any further thoughts, suggestions or questions in the post. > > > > Thanks, > > Al > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/68d397e6-db42-43d4-b2d1-48397806ad9d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
