I doubt that there are a lot of people interested in project management who haven't read David Allen's "
Getting Things Done" or as it is often abbreviated as GTD. Well in case if you haven't read it, I'll explain the basic principles that were provided in the book. The main idea of the whole things comes to that you need to get the stuff out from your head, write things you need to do somewhere. According to Allen, when you have freed yourself from the job of remembering a lot of important stuff (remember you need to write it down), you can actually concentrate and get things done you've written down on your list.
So now we know what the GTD is all about, lets take a look at the core getting things done methodology and how you can use Comindwork for your needs as an online getting things done software. Allen believes in two main things when it comes down to
time management - control and perspective. He recommends three main methods on gaining control and perspective:
- Workflow process
- Framework with 6 levels of focus
- Natural planning method
I would like to note that I think that one of the best tools for GTD is
wiki. This is one of my favourite
Comindwork features, you can easily use Comindwork wiki and other features for
controlling your 6 levels of focus:
- Current actions - Comindwork dashboard helps you quickly find who is doing what, what task you've been assigned
- Current projects - project activity feature comes in very handy here, it helps to see what is going on across all of your projects without a need to go into details (only in few seconds you can see the wiki, tasks, blogs, file activity)
- Areas of responsibility - the easiest way is to create a wiki document like responsibility matrix, set visibility options and update it any time when needed
- Yearly goals - you can set project goals with just one click from the project dashboard, fast and easy
- 5 year vision - you need to use wiki for this one, in five years a lot of things will change, you might want to update your vision, but that is what's great about wiki - you can compare with the older versions and see the changes.
- Life goals - one word: wiki :)
I will share some tips on workflow process and natural planning method on my next post, meanwhile you can
sign up for a free account and tell what you think and keep tuned.