mindgraffiti

Once a year a catalog that weighs nearly ten pounds crosses my desk and each employee gets to choose an agenda or calendar, compliments of the company. I picked up this action agenda, and so far it has worked very well for me.

Since we are left to our own devices when it comes to project management, I take a large project and outline it first, then break it down into bite-size pieces. When I get to the block of time set aside for projects, I write a list of things I would like to accomplish on the first day. The notes section works perfect for backburner ideas and any comments about the project for that day. At the end of the first day I revise the list and start a list of things I would like to see completed on the project for the next day, and so on.

After a week, I review my progress. It’s a neat way to reference what I was thinking at the time I built or tested something, and I can check to see if all the questions were answered or problems worked out.

This week Tim and Rich are doing live coverage of the National Western Stock Show in Denver, so I am covering for Tim while he is away. No working on the fun stuff for now.

How do you manage your projects? Do you use software, an action notebook, a GTD list, etc.? Do you have a project manager? Would you change anything, or do you like the system you are using?