Focus Only On The Next Step
Overview
With all of your projects in a system you
trust and prioritized, now it is time to get to work and only
focus on the next step of the next couple of projects you should
be focusing on. All of the other projects (and tasks)
should stay safely behind the scenes, out of view, and off your
mind. This task is what the Projects Widget will do for
you.
Setup / Configuration
To configure the Projects Widget, start at the
Foresight Today window:
- Click on the Configure Foresight
link in the lower right-hand corner of the window.
- Click on the Today
Tab (shown above) if it is not already the selected tab.
Display Projects By
The Projects Widget can display projects in
one of two ways, depending on how you like to work - in a
project-centric way or a task-centric way.
Project Category
Selecting this option will cause the Projects
Widget to display projects who's project category matches
the one selected in the Projects Widget's Category selection
box.
You should use this option if you like to work
in a project-centric way. For example, you
categorize your projects between "work" and "home" and want to
see projects based on this project category.
Task Category
Selecting this option will cause the Projects
Widget to display projects who's next task's category
matches the one selected in the Projects Widget's Category
selection box.
You should use this option if you like to work
in a task-centric way. That is, when you are at
home, you want to know what projects you can work on next,
whether they are "home" or "work" projects,
because they have tasks you have categorized as "home." Another
example; even though you might have "home" and "work" projects, you
might categorize some tasks as "phone calls." Then, if you
pick "Phone Calls" in the Projects Widget, you will see all
phone calls you need to make at that moment, regardless of if the project is
for "home" or "work." Using this
setting can be a powerful tool to let
you maximize all available time for all of your projects.
Show Items Coming Due In Next X Days
This option controls how far out the Project
Widget should look in considering what projects to display.
If the due date on a task is more than "X" days beyond the
current day, the Projects Widget will keep the project / task
out of sight and out of mind.
Setting this to zero (0) will only show tasks
on the day they are due and not before.
Using
The Projects Widget truly lets you focus on the
next step of the most import three (or so) projects.
It will display more projects if things are due
today, or become overdue.
It will keep all other projects and tasks
hidden away; safely contained in a system you can trust.
You can mark tasks as completed by clicking on
the checkbox to the left of the task:
The completed task will remain displaying for
the day -- allowing you to visually gauge your progress through
the day -- not to mention that great feeling of seeing things
getting done!
The next task may, or may not, display for
that same project - depending on if the Projects Widget
determines that such is the next important thing to be working
on. The Projects Widget uses a proprietary system and
looks through a variety of factors, including due dates,
priority, and the order you place things in, to determine what
to display next - allowing you to not have to play a shell game
of project management and simply focus on your work.
Refreshing the List
To refresh the Projects Widget list, click the
Refresh link at the bottom of the Foresight Today page.
This is done to display an updated list, such as after checking
items off the list, making changes on the Project Whiteboard or
to a project itself. |
