Mar 16, 2009
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Easy Task Management
Here’s a fast tip for making task management easy. Its called the Launch Countdown method of naming files. I use it primarily for tasks related to producing copy or creative assets.
Number all of your files or to do’s with 3, 2 or 1. Put these numbers at the start of your file name.
3 or unmarked is an open to-do or an asset before you started working on it.
2 means a first pass has been done and it is in revisions.
1 means it is complete and ready for production.
Once it is launched or in production, delete it from your to-do list or list of active files that you are working on. Move it to a warehouse or a different folder in your filing system where you keep assets that are live. In a corporate environment, this could be the general network drive where other people can access it from.
While you are working on an item, rename the files as it changes status in its lifecycle e.g. “3 write blog post” becomes “2 write blog post” then “1 write blog post.” If its in 1, the next step is to launch then the blog post itself can go into your warehouse. If you want to recycle the task, re-set it to “3 write blog post.”
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