Re: Integrating estimated+actual time + statistics + due dates in MonkeyGTD?
1. I would like to integrate estimated and actual time fields to actions and be able to do some statistics in project context (total time estimated total actual time for actions and subprojects). Reading the MonkeyGTD wiki, this group, the blog and checking google didn't help me out with that. The only thing in that direction I found was TaskMacro onhttp://tiddlyvault.tiddlyspot.com. Now I don't have hi, I use Luke Blanchards tasktimer for this. See http://labwiki.sourceforge.net/ It is a little old so it does not work in a recent Monkey GTD version - but it covers exactly this planning and tracking need. The timing for tasks is based on Joel Spolski's Painless Software scheduling. Although having timers in MGTD might seem better - I think there are advantages to having them separate. For my work time sheets etc., I use a different solution Klok http://klok.mcgraphix.com/klok/index.htm It handles timers and works beautifully (simple, functional, attractive) As the others say - GTD is not for big projects.. David explicitly states this in his book. With Big projects there are other needs and just working on the task level cannot solve those issues. I also find contexts not very useful for this kind of project work environment (in IT as it happens) - there is one context I am in all day - @Office, @Computer. Within those contexts I have competing projects and contexts give me no help with deciding my next action. David Allen talks about threads and sequences but no GTD tool I have ever seen tries to use those. daveG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups GTD TiddlyWiki group. To post to this group, send email to gtd-tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gtd-tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
Re: Integrating estimated+actual time + statistics + due dates in MonkeyGTD?
I am aware that I may be stepping on GTD toes, but in case these are of interest here are a couple of plugins: http://remindermacros.tiddlyspot.com/ (ultimately, I've found I prefer ticklers to reminders - as someone else noted recently, it's all too easy for a missed reminder simply to disappear). http://www.tiddlytools.com/#TaskTimerPlugin cmari On Feb 1, 4:23 am, DaveG david.j.garb...@gmail.com wrote: 1. I would like to integrate estimated and actual time fields to actions and be able to do some statistics in project context (total time estimated total actual time for actions and subprojects). Reading the MonkeyGTD wiki, this group, the blog and checking google didn't help me out with that. The only thing in that direction I found was TaskMacro onhttp://tiddlyvault.tiddlyspot.com. Now I don't have hi, I use Luke Blanchards tasktimer for this. Seehttp://labwiki.sourceforge.net/ It is a little old so it does not work in a recent Monkey GTD version - but it covers exactly this planning and tracking need. The timing for tasks is based on Joel Spolski's Painless Software scheduling. Although having timers in MGTD might seem better - I think there are advantages to having them separate. For my work time sheets etc., I use a different solution Klokhttp://klok.mcgraphix.com/klok/index.htm It handles timers and works beautifully (simple, functional, attractive) As the others say - GTD is not for big projects.. David explicitly states this in his book. With Big projects there are other needs and just working on the task level cannot solve those issues. I also find contexts not very useful for this kind of project work environment (in IT as it happens) - there is one context I am in all day - @Office, @Computer. Within those contexts I have competing projects and contexts give me no help with deciding my next action. David Allen talks about threads and sequences but no GTD tool I have ever seen tries to use those. daveG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups GTD TiddlyWiki group. To post to this group, send email to gtd-tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gtd-tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
Re: Integrating estimated+actual time + statistics + due dates in MonkeyGTD?
Re: #2 In David Allen's GTD Ticklers aren't used for deadlines; you use a calendar for that. So I simply use my Google calendar in conjunction with mGTD. It would be nice to have a really good calendar built into mGTD, but that seems to stain the tiddlywiki concept. On Jan 27, 6:54 am, 4reigner 4reig...@web.de wrote: Hello, I'm currently evaluating MonkeyGTD. I like it's adaptability very much, other desktop and web applications did not serve me well in the past. As I'm not a programmer, right now I feel a little helpless cksome of my requirements to my personal GTD-system. 1. I would like to integrate estimated and actual time fields to actions and be able to do some statistics in project context (total time estimated total actual time for actions and subprojects). Reading the MonkeyGTD wiki, this group, the blog and checking google didn't help me out with that. The only thing in that direction I found was TaskMacro onhttp://tiddlyvault.tiddlyspot.com. Now I don't have any clou how to integrate that in MonkeyGTD. I would warmly welcome some hints or kind of a howto! 2. Concerning due dates I read about the approach to use ticklers for reminding oneself of deadlines etc, but don't like that approach. Instead I would like to be able to set a due date for actions or projects via a calendar or via hand input. Is there any way to do this, that I - as programming greenhorn - might be able to handle? I don't fear modificating some system tiddlers like TiddlerButtons or whatever. Thanks a lot for suggestions and hints. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups GTD TiddlyWiki group. To post to this group, send email to gtd-tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gtd-tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
Re: Integrating estimated+actual time + statistics + due dates in MonkeyGTD?
GTD isn't really a project management system to manage costs and timesheets, it's a task-management system that is supposed to keep you busy working on things that are important. Having messed around behind the scenes with mGTD for a while now, I can tell you that option 1 could probably be done but no one will do it. It would be a huge time investment because there isn't a structure for that sort of tracking. If you really do have all of your Projects completely fleshed out in mGTD with all the Next and Future actions, you could always just put the Costs and Times in your actions and then add them up yourself at the end of the Project. You'd do better with some project management software specifically made for cost and time tracking. I use MSProject but I work for a big company that can afford to buy it for me. As for option 2, I agree with ike. Tiddlers aren't meant for deadlines; they are meant for tasks that need doing right now/today. For me, that task is one of either review this S/M project to see if it's feasible now or do this quarterly report. I wouldn't dare use a tickler to remind that something is due today. If my GTD is working right, I should be doing all my Next actions until it's done; if my calendar tells me (and ike is right, there isn't one in mGTD) that it is due soon, then I need to re-evaluate some of my unrelated Next actions. On Jan 27, 6:54 am, 4reigner 4reig...@web.de wrote: Hello, I'm currently evaluating MonkeyGTD. I like it's adaptability very much, other desktop and web applications did not serve me well in the past. As I'm not a programmer, right now I feel a little helpless implementing some of my requirements to my personal GTD-system. 1. I would like to integrate estimated and actual time fields to actions and be able to do some statistics in project context (total time estimated total actual time for actions and subprojects). Reading the MonkeyGTD wiki, this group, the blog and checking google didn't help me out with that. The only thing in that direction I found was TaskMacro onhttp://tiddlyvault.tiddlyspot.com. Now I don't have any clou how to integrate that in MonkeyGTD. I would warmly welcome some hints or kind of a howto! 2. Concerning due dates I read about the approach to use ticklers for reminding oneself of deadlines etc, but don't like that approach. Instead I would like to be able to set a due date for actions or projects via a calendar or via hand input. Is there any way to do this, that I - as programming greenhorn - might be able to handle? I don't fear modificating some system tiddlers like TiddlerButtons or whatever. Thanks a lot for suggestions and hints. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups GTD TiddlyWiki group. To post to this group, send email to gtd-tiddlyw...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gtd-tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gtd-tiddlywiki?hl=en.
