Interesting (and thanks for the link) - but in principle not majorily different to the Pomodoro technique - except that rather than splitting the tasks down into standard sized tasks, you allocate a number of 'task units' (= Pomodoro's = 30 min blocks) to each task and then count how many Task Units you are planning to do in the day. Note: the tasks are always less than a day And have some mechanism with MLO which shows you this more clearly (ie: number of Task Units or Tasks that you have allocated to each day) would be invaluable from my point view. R
On Tuesday, 18 December 2012 23:22:46 UTC, Mark Levison wrote: > My experience and my knowledge of behavioral psychologists suggests that > you can't accurately predict the amount of time most tasks will take. In > addition experience and feedback don't really help you improve your > estimates. > > To get a rough idea try looking at: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_fallacy which does a good job of > explaining the problem in layman's terms. > > Want to better job of predicting the future: > - focus on slicing all tasks to roughly equal size +/- 50% will do > - ensure no task is larger than a half day > - count the number of tasks you achieve daily > - use a trailing average over the past week (or similar time span) as a > rough predictor of the number of tasks you will achieve today. > > Learn to do this well and you will spend less time guesstimating and more > time executing. > > FYI Yes this adapted from what I do with teams, on a larger scale. > > Cheers > Mark > > m...@grantsmiths.org <javascript:> wrote: > > I understand the need to predict what will get done and what will not, in > a constrained time period, when there are commitments being made to bosses > or clients. Otherwise I would rather use the tools of MLO to get the right > stuff, and as much of it as possible, done in the time I have. I don’t > think you can achieve that if you are pouring energy into knowing in > advance when each task will finish and which tasks will remain unaddressed. > > -Dwight > > > > *From:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [ > mailto:myli...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Lisa Stroyan > *Sent:* Monday, December 17, 2012 12:32 PM > *To:* Groups, Email > *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Re: time we spent on tasks + > daily/weekly/monthly/annual reports. > > > > That's a scary thing to do, in my world...to come to grips with how much > I'm not actually going to accomplish. I think that's why I always resist it! > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Richard Collings > <r...@rcollings.co.uk<javascript:>> > wrote: > > That’s my I like the ideas in the Pomodoro technique (which I don’t > properly apply) where you establish (on average) the number of Pomodoros > (half hour focussed sessions) that you can get done in a day (by monitoring > what you do get done) and estimate the number of Pomodoro’s in each of your > tasks; and then use these two bits of information to establish what you > are likely to get done in a day. > > > > > > -- > Lisa > ------------------------------ > > Lisa Stroyan, mailto: ...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to mylifeo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > 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 mylifeo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > > > -- > Cheers > Mark Levison > Agile Pain Relief Consulting<http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser>| > Writing <http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/> > Proud Sponsor of Agile Tour Gatineau Ottawa <http://goagiletour.ca/> Nov > 28, Toronto <http://www.torontoagilecommunity.org/display/PUBLIC/Home> 26 > and Montreal <http://agilemontreal.ca/agile-tour-2012/> 24 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/QtF6WfY45c8J. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
