Hi James, This sounds interesting. I do think the method of implementation might be a bit hard with all the maintaining of folders. Have you considered using the contexts to indicate which group of 3 it is a part of versus folders? I personally use GTD with MLO. The keys for me are to have a context on everything, have projects flagged as projects, and to have everything captured in a way that is easy for me to find it again (without relying on searching). I've found that I prefer my list to be alphabetical (I typically use the naming structure of "GOAL: ACTION" for sorting). I will then use the star or goal to indicate items of current focus.
Please do let us know how it is going. Elizabeth On Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:18:38 PM UTC-6, James D wrote: > > > Greetings, > > I am looking for guidance in implementing the Agile Results > methods/approach within MLO. I am coming back to MLO after a couple years > away, and in truth I didn't really master much the first time because I > wound up going back to Ecco Pro, an excellent 1997 outline-based PIM. I'm > back for good. I will just call the system I'm implementing ARR3, as in > Agile Results/Rule of 3 (J.D. Meier should come up with a catchy acronym, > for marketing purposes certainly!) ARR3 is a hybrid of Covey, GTD, ZTD, and > Agile. I am liking very much so far, and can see it as my long-term > approach, and that it will scale. It also seems like MLO has an excellently > match of features to the approach of ARR3. Below is some summary > information about ARR3. I am currently working on setting up, in MLO, the > 3 results for the day, 3 results for the week, 3 results for the year > areas. I currently have a set of 3 for Work & Personal.I will focus on the > Work and Personal here. > > Right now I'm just trying to get the right "feel" for working productively > in MLO with this setup. So far, in MLO, I have separate outline folder > branches set up for Work, Personal and RoadMap (my analog to ARR3 > "Hotspots" and Areas of Focus/Roles and Goals). I primarily work in the > Personal and Work areas. > Under each Work/Personal branch, I have the following 3 folders set up: > Daily Outcomes, Rule of 3; Weekly Outcomes, Rule of 3; and Yearly > Outcomes, Rule of 3. (With a "W" or "P" prefix in front of the folder name) > > Then, under each Week/Month/Year "Outcomes, Rule of 3" folder, I created 3 > folders, for each of the three "Projects"/Outcomes I want to create within > the time period. On the outcomes folders for week, month, and year, I > marked each subfolder/project as "Goal" for Week/Month/Year, as > appropriate. Then, under each folder, I place the > projects/subprojects/tasks that support accomplishment of each goal. > > I would like to just work with Goals, Projects, and Tasks in outline view, > and perhaps have a Goals view I can look at that would show me only my Rule > of 3 outcomes for week/month/year, and not have to have these items under a > "Weekly Outcomes, Rule of 3" or "Monthly Outcomes, Rule of 3" > > That is where I am right now. I am curious if anyone else has tried > implementing this ARR3 system, or something very similar, in MLO, and what > advice they have to share. The trick is to capture things to be done in a > trusted system, that then helps you remember and execute them in a > productive way. The challenge for me is spending too much time creating > and managing lists of what "could" be done and not enough time "doing" it. > That is where a tool like MLO comes in as effective, to help help keep > focus on the "doing" > > James D. > > AGILE RESULTS SUMMARY > =============================================== > Agile Results: > http://www.30daysofgettingresults.com/2011/10/day-1-take-tour-of-getting-results.html > Essential Principles: > *The Three Key Parts of Agile Results* > Here are the three key parts to Agile Results: > > 1. *The Rule of 3* > 2. *Monday Vision, Daily Outcomes, and Friday Reflection* > 3. *Hot Spots* > > In Agile Results, we use The Rule of Three to map out what we want to > accomplish in sets of three’s: > > - *3 results for the day* > - *3 results for the week* > - *3 results for the month* > - *3 results for the year* > > > =============================================== > > BACKGROUND > Recently I tried a bunch of GTD-focused tools and chose Nozbe, which works > quite well for people with shorter lists of projects, but bogged down badly > as my list of projects grew, and does not support breaking projects and > tasks down (outlining), and does not have any linkage between projects and > the goals they support. It does many, many things well though; possibly a > different post to contrast/compare what MLO could learn from the > GTD-Cloud-Crowd apps like Nozbe, NirvanaHQ, etc. In Nozbe (a cloud GTD > app) it was simple enough to set each up as "Projects" and each result as a > "Task" under that project, but of course with no outline capabilities and > no linkage of goals & priorities to projects that support those goals, it > broke down. So I came running back screaming to MLO. I am back to MLO to > stay, and committed to learning it well this time. (The availability of > Android and iOS apps was the key to coming back, that and especially the > active, communicative development leadership, that I can bet on continued > existence and improvement of the MLO toolset.) > > I have tried tons of different approaches, from Covey to GTD to ZTD to > Agile/Scrum to Kanban to Forster's AutoFocus to Flylady to you name it. > (And tried tons of different tools, too distracting to mention here.) The > approach that seems to work best for me is a blend of GTD, ZTD, but also > broken down by areas of life, like Covey's approach. I also find I really > want to keep my personal and work mostly separate. As I am also involved in > software development, at my work we are recently emphasizing agile > methodologies and Scrum in particular. I recently happened to run across > J.D. Meier's "Getting Results the Agile Way". I will just call it ARR3, as > in Agile Results/Rule of 3 (he should come up with a catchy acronym, for > marketing purposes certainly!) ARR3 is a hybrid of Covey, GTD, ZTD, and > Agile which I am liking very much so far, and can see it as my long-term > approach. It also seems like MLO has an excellent match of features to the > approach of ARR3. > > > LINKS > ZTD: http://productivemag.com/1/zen-to-done-ztd > > http://zenhabits.net/zen-to-done-ztd-the-ultimate-simple-productivity-system/ > > http://zenhabits.net/minimal-ztd-the-simplest-system-possible/ > > -- 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 mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. 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/40c68dc2-d75d-4ae1-8680-8771b3587e63%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
