Thank you, I also have been struggling to implement GTD by David Allen in MLO. One of the fundamental needs is I am not able to quickly process the 100 or more Inbox items into tasks in the overall structure. I find it too slow trying to say this item goes there, like I can't just drag and drop, I need to select a task from Inbox, then have my mouse and keyboard available to search for the spot it needs to go in the outline.
On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 12:15 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > I thought I would share my attempt to convert MLO to GTD and see what > others think > > MLO is an 'industrial-strength' app. It is far superior to apps often > mentioned in favourable reviews such as Facile Things, Nirvana, and the IOS > app Omni Pro > > Primarily, GTD is a process of recording new todos, organizing and > clarifying, and reviewing todos. The process ensures the things that must > be done by the person wanting to implement GTD > > I searched for others who had done tied to adapt MLO and GTD. I used the > description in 2011 by Till Poppels which describes contexts, and views to > get it to work as GTD however, these were still insufficient > > It seems that that the GTD template needs to be modified in a couple of > ways to get it to hold to the GTD process > > Also, I also loaded the inbuilt templates which are described as GTD. But > I found they don't really represent either the steps or the categories of > GTD as per the Allen book. There are many ways to implement the GTD process > because it is one of allocating many todos > > One of the difficulties with GTD is that Allen's GTD approach has some > gaps. These gaps are which the Covey process and categories offers, such as > areas of focus. > > I have made a few modifications that follow up the suggestions by Till > Poppels. I contacted Till but he is no longer using MLO. Also I have made > some more mods to try to make the GTD process work easier > > There are a couple of non- modifiable parts of MLO which hamper this > > 1. Goals are mis-named. 'Goals' should really be called "Horizon" because > their focus is 'when', that is, time Of course the one GTD time that is > missing is "Someday/Maybe". But this cant be added to the list > > 2. Goals should be a separate and user definable hierarchy > > 3. Todos can be conveniently grouped or aggregated into parent folders or > Areas of focus because it is a way of organizing todos. So this is a > hierarchy with 2 levels (todos, and, different parent folders). This number > of levels is insufficient. This is because todos and parent folders are > insufficient to aggregate to a higher level. To group work todos together > this higher level would be called 'key performance indicators' or 'Critical > success factors or 'Performance metrics' or 'Key Result Areas'. At work > these are defined by the organisation and the employee's manager. Home or > personal todos But this top level of hierarchy is not permitted because > there is a limit to the hierarchy. > > Warm regards/gary > > > > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/a0754271-d259-4467-b1b5-83dfa838253b%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/a0754271-d259-4467-b1b5-83dfa838253b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- "It is not what I believe that will make-or-break; It is what I'm doing about it." --Jefferson Smith -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/CAA1bVF%3DYJt1_%3DnVnU5gRThaiZCNXPyqXYHNDZ3O-Q20CVgh5CQ%40mail.gmail.com.
