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Does anyone have any experience implementing GTD with an Excel spreadsheet? I'd like to have a file that my boss can access on the company's network so that he can see what I'm working on and the status of each project. It also makes performance evaluation easier. IT lock down prevents the installation of software, and I'd rather he use something he's familiar with instead of asking him to use an online service. Right now I'm trying to roll my own system pictured here: It's parses text based on the todo.txt system to create contexts and tags, and filters the list with those criteria using slicers. This is a workaround since Excel 2010 doesn't have slicers for filtering tables. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks. I use a spreadsheet. I agree with lambdazen on using separate sheets. The heart of the action for me is the next actions sheet. Mine is super simple - first column is the desired outcome of the project, next column is the next action or in some cases actions (if there's more than one I just keep typing in the same block), third column is the context (phone, computer, location, whatever), last column is the due date if there is one. The simplicity helps me keep it going. Having that first column be the desired outcome keeps me on track without having to name the project - anyone would know from the outcome what it relates to.

When a next action is done I delete it and list the next one. You may want to move it to another sheet and put a date on it for work review purposes. After using GTD for a long time, reading and rereading Allen's books, and listening to him on youtube, I'm convinced that keeping it minimalistic works best for me. Outcome, next action, context, due date if any.

I used to flounder because I did not clearly articulate the outcome. That change worked wonders for me. See link for an example workbook with sample data: An overview of the todo.txt syntax can be found here: Tasks are added to the table in the 'Tasks' sheet. Excel text formulas parse text in the first column for these unique identifiers and extracts them to other columns. This enables sorting via tables, pivot tables, slicers, etc. I also added another column to filter tasks due this week. To be really useful I think following features are necessary:.

Input news tasks in a specified area and append these to the existing table. Auto refresh of pivot table and slicers, or slicer workaround for excel 2010. Editing tasks from the pivot table view instead of switching to the table.

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Gtd Onenote Template

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