[chandler-users] GTD Project? How to handle groups of tasks?

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Webb,

The distinction between a project a next action is rather fluid in  
Chandler today.

If a project is long-standing, it should probably be a Collection.

If it's short-term and has a beginning and an end, it can start out  
as a single item. As concrete next actions emerge, you can either  
spin them off as new items or maintain a running list of next actions  
within the Notes field of the original item. But you are correct that  
today, there isn't a way to string together a series of next action  
items.

Grant wrote up a description of how he does this on the users list:
http://lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-users/2008-January/ 
001071.html

There are other users who have implemented GTD in Chandler. Andre  
wrote up a pretty detailed description of his workflows back in  
December:
http://www.mail-archive.com/design@osafoundation.org/msg04992.html

Mimi

On Apr 4, 2008, at 9:05 PM, Webb Roberts wrote:

> I've been following Chandler idly.  Today I rolled up my sleeves  
> and really tried to make it work for me.
>
> What I don't get is how you make a GTD Project.  The getting  
> started guide says "You should never have to choose between filing  
> something into a Tasks folder versus a Project folder."  It looks  
> like, instead, if you want to somehow couple any two Items, then  
> you have to create a Collection.  And a Collection is a top-level  
> thing, with a name, created through a totally different method than  
> an item.
>
> So I can't just start with an item that says "write the paper" and  
> start breaking it down. If I've got a project with some actions and  
> some subprojects each with some actions or delegated tasks, I'm hosed.
>
> Is there something I'm missing?  It seems like Chandler is totally  
> set up to handle lots of atomic tasks, but with no way to group  
> them into logical flows.
>
> Thanks,
> Webb
>
> --	
> Webb Roberts (webb.roberts at gtri.gatech.edu)
>
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