Time & Task
Management
    Sgt D Smith ATC
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What is time
management?


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“the range of skills, tools and
    techniques utilized to
  accomplish specific tasks,
     projects and goals”




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“the range of skills, tools and
    techniques utilized to
  accomplish specific tasks,
     projects and goals”




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What is task
management?


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“the process of managing a task
  during its lifecycle, including
 planning, testing, tracking and
             reporting




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“the process of managing a task
  during its lifecycle, including
 planning, testing, tracking and
             reporting




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Defining a Task



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A thing that needs
doing.




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A thing that needs       Get more
doing.                   cadets




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A thing that needs       Get more
doing.                   cadets

A small thing that
needs doing.




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A thing that needs       Get more
doing.                   cadets

A small thing that       Give talks in
needs doing.             schools




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A thing that needs        Get more
doing.                    cadets

A small thing that        Give talks in
needs doing.              schools

A very small thing that
needs doing.




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A thing that needs        Get more
doing.                    cadets

A small thing that        Give talks in
needs doing.              schools

A very small thing that   Contact a
needs doing.              school




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A thing that needs        Get more
doing.                    cadets

A small thing that        Give talks in
needs doing.              schools

A very small thing that   Contact a
needs doing.              school

A discreet, atomic
thing that needs doing.
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A thing that needs        Get more
doing.                    cadets

A small thing that        Give talks in
needs doing.              schools

A very small thing that   Contact a
needs doing.              school
                          Call Jo Bloggs at
A discreet, atomic        Highroft School on
thing that needs doing.   01273 123 321

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Why should a task be
    this small?


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You can see your progress,
     and it’s direction




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You can see your progress,
     and it’s direction


You’re far more likely to do it




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Scheduling Tasks



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Problems?



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inflexible




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inflexible

depressing




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inflexible

              depressing

hard to maintain for more than a week



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What should go in the
     calendar?


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Fixed tasks and
 appointments

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Using a List



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Rolling List



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Rolling List
  (see board)



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Advantages?



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Problems?



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Project/Context List



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Project/Context List
      (see demo)



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Advantages?



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Problems?



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never-ending




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never-ending


it will stress you out




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Daily Tasks



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Advantages?



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When you finish, you’re
      finished




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Problems?



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Very easy to defer




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Very easy to defer


No project management




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Take away points




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Take away points
Tasks should be atomic




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Take away points
  Tasks should be atomic

You need a calendar or diary




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Take away points
    Tasks should be atomic

  You need a calendar or diary

You need a task list - choose one



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Thinking Big



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Project Planning



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What’s a Project?



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“Any task with more than one
  discrete, atomic action”




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Starting a Project




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Starting a Project

1 Define and visualize the ideal outcome




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Starting a Project

1 Define and visualize the ideal outcome

2 Decide on how you will achieve it
   (resources, people, training, time, information etc)




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Starting a Project

1 Define and visualize the ideal outcome

2 Decide on how you will achieve it
   (resources, people, training, time, information etc)

3 List the task required to do this.



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Ubiquitous Capture



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What does this mean?



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A: Writing everything
     down!


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Why ?



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To stop it floating around
      in your head!




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To stop it floating around
      in your head!

        Forget stuff




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To stop it floating around
      in your head!

           Forget stuff

   Stress about forgetting stuff



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To stop it floating around
      in your head!

           Forget stuff

   Stress about forgetting stuff

      Piss other people off

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Tools for capture



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Notepad




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Notepad

 Inbox

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Take away points




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Take away points
Tasks with many sub-
 tasks are projects




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Take away points
        Tasks with many sub-
         tasks are projects

Projects should have an ideal outcome




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Take away points
        Tasks with many sub-
         tasks are projects

Projects should have an ideal outcome

       Write everything down



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Take away points
        Tasks with many sub-
         tasks are projects

Projects should have an ideal outcome

       Write everything down

        You need a notebook

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A note on delegation




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A note on delegation


When you delegate, you retain
       responsibility



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Can you remember
  everything you
    delegated?

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Keep a “Waiting For”
        List


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Take away points




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Take away points




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Implementation at Cadets




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Implementation at Cadets
    keep a calendar or diary




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Implementation at Cadets
    keep a calendar or diary
       keep a task list




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Implementation at Cadets
    keep a calendar or diary
       keep a task list
   keep a “Waiting For” List




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Implementation at Cadets
    keep a calendar or diary
        keep a task list
   keep a “Waiting For” List
  keep a notebook for capture




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Implementation at Cadets
    keep a calendar or diary
        keep a task list
   keep a “Waiting For” List
  keep a notebook for capture
        use your inbox



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Implementation at Cadets
        keep a calendar or diary
            keep a task list
       keep a “Waiting For” List
     keep a notebook for capture
            use your inbox
keep an A4/A5 book for project planning


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Implementation at Cadets
           keep a calendar or diary
              keep a task list
         keep a “Waiting For” List
        keep a notebook for capture
              use your inbox
  keep an A4/A5 book for project planning
make a short list prior to each parade night
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make a short list
 prior to each
 parade night



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Implementation at Home




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Implementation at Home

       it’s up to you




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Implementation at Home

        it’s up to you


  it’s one of the most useful
        things I ever did



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Further Reading



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Getting Things Done, David Allen




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Getting Things Done, David Allen

Getting Things Done on Wikipedia




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Getting Things Done, David Allen

Getting Things Done on Wikipedia

         zenhabits.net




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Getting Things Done, David Allen

   Getting Things Done on Wikipedia

                zenhabits.net

     How to Become a Straight-A Student: The
 Unconventional Strategies Real College Students
Use to Score High while Studying Less, Cal Newport


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Any Questions?



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Time And Task Management