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To do list| flash card
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Objective
Structured list of tasks to be performed in
the near future, with prioritization and
progress status information.
Standard agenda
▪ Task description
▪ Ownership*
▪ Criticality
▪ Deadline
▪ Status
▪ Comment
*if shared with team or client
Use cases
▪ ‘individually’ : used to ensure you do
not forget to do anything important
▪ ‘collectively’: used to share tasks and
progress within team &/or with client
Implementation guidance
▪ Must present tasks in a very clear,
specific but synthetic way
▪ Systematically allocate ownership
▪ Must be easy to read, preferably with
colours or icons
Tools
▪ MS PPT, MS XL, MS Notes
▪ Gmail, MS Outlook …
▪ Apps (todoist for ex.)
Templates
▪ See following slides
3 ground principles you should respect when designing and updating a to do list
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It should only take you
a few minutes per day
to update
Use numbers and
accurate terms to
describe your tasks
Any member of your
team should be able to
understand and take
over your tasks
Easy to do Easy to read Specific
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There are different solutions to design and update a to do list …
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Design your own to do
list
Use to do list templates
Use your e-mail task
management
functionalities
Use a dedicated
app
To do list
… each of them presenting specific advantages
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Scalable Collaborative Easy to use Automated
Design your own
Use e-mail
Use templates
Use a apps
Low Average High
and the winner is ….
If you design your own
to do list, you can add
& remove as many
columns as you want,
depending on your
needs
E-mail & dedicated apps
have been natively
designed to encourage
collaborative work
Apps and templates are
very easy to use – UX
strongly varies from
one e-mail software to
another
E-mail & dedicated apps
have very useful
features such as
alerting,
interconnection with
agenda & e-mails
To do list – a basic MS XL version
Part 1: Nature
Part 2: Priorities
Part 3: Progress status
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# Category Task description Owner Criticality Deadline Status Comment
A001 Category 2 Owner 6 2 Not started
A002 Category 1 Owner 4 3 In progress
A003 Category 1 Owner 4 1 In progress
What are we trying to achieve?
What should be
done first?
Where are we standing?
Criticality Deadline
# Category Task description Owner
A001 Category 2 Owner 6
A002 Category 1 Owner 4
A003 Category 1 Owner 4
To do list – Part 1: the objective is to determine what needs to be achieved
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2
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The ‘#’ column is used to allocate a series
number to each task in your list. It makes
navigation and exhaustiveness controls easier.
You can couple ‘#’ with the category column (for
instance, all tasks in Category A have a AXXX
series number)
The ‘Category’ column is useful when you need to
track the nature of the tasks you perform :
▪ You work on several work-streams or
assignments in parallel
▪ You cover a wide task spectrum
Apply the ‘MECE’ principle
The ‘Task description’ column is used to … describe the
task, following some simple rules:
▪ Be specific and synthetic
▪ Start description with an action verb
▪ Avoid grouping tasks together (even if they are
connected to oneanother, they may have specific
deadlines)
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The ‘owner’ column is used to identify who is
responsible / accountable for each task. Use it when
you need to share your to do list with your team or
client.
Task ownership is critical as it is a sine qua non
condition for having someone starting to work on the
task.
You can use either full name or initials to identify
ownership.
To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 1
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Sub-category Deliverable Team
2
3
To be used when you need to present the
deliverable (name &/or nature) that will be
produced as an output of the task
To be used when you need to analyse
the tasks through organizational
lenses; you can add team,
department, company … column(s)1
To be used when you need to analyse the
tasks through different lenses (you can add
several ‘sub-category’ columns)
To do list | Part 2 aims at identifying what should be done first
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The ‘Criticality’ column is used to measure the importance of all the tasks in the list.
You can use a 3 value scale (high – medium – low) to qualify all tasks in the list
keeping in mind that in general, you should have a majority of ‘medium’ items and
limited numbers of high and lows.
Criticality Deadline
1
2
The ‘Deadline’ column is used to identify urgent matters, i.e.
with close due date.
It is critical to allocate an explicit deadline to all tasks in the
list (ASAP is to be avoided).
Precise whether deadlines you display in this column are
initial deadlines, revised deadlines, actual deadlines.
Criticality & deadlines can be used to fill-in an Eisenhower matrix
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Ui UI
ui uI
U: urgent -> close deadline
Tasks that need to be done quickly to respect a commitment
u: not urgent -> far deadline
Tasks that have no time constraint (at least not in the immediate)
I: important -> high criticality
Tasks with a big impact (positive if done or negative if missed)
i: not important -> low criticality
Tasks with no or limited impact (either positive or negative )
To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 2
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Priority level Dependency Order
2
To be used when you need to connect tasks with one another:
▪ Upwards dependency: tasks that need to be performed before
▪ Downwards dependency: tasks that need to be performed after
Tracking down dependencies is easier when you have allocated a number to all tasks
3 To be used to order tasks
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Priority level is a combination of importance and urgency.
You can use a 3 degree system with:
P1: high priority tasks, corresponding to UI category in the Eisenhower matrix
P2: average priority tasks, corresponding to uI and Ui categories
P3: low priority tasks, corresponding to ui categories
To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 2
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Creation date Initial deadline Actual deadline
5
To be used if you monitor the discrepancy between
initial deadline and actual deadline
4
To be used if you want to keep track of the lag
between creation and completion, or simply
have some chronology elements
ticality Owner Deadline Status Comment
Owner 6 Not started
Owner 4 In progress
Owner 4 In progress
Low
Medium
High
To do list | Part 3 aims at defining where you are presently standing
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2
The ‘Comment’ column is used to give additional
information on progress, threats, overdues …
The ‘Status’ column is used to determine if tasks are
performed following the right path and at the right
speed.
You can use a 4 value system:
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Done
Not started
In Progress
On hold
To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 3
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Overdues Threats
2
Used to highlight future overdues by explaining the
nature / cause / consequences of potential threats
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Used to clearly highlight overdues (and subsequently re-
prioritise your work or take any other remediation action).
You can use a formula based on deadline, report date and
status, in order to identify overdues.
Overdues
Some tips when designing a to do list with MS Excel
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Use scrolling lists for fields that
need to be filled in with
homogeneous data (status,
criticality, category, owner mainly)
Use conditional formatting for fields with
visual content (status, criticality for
example)
Use formulas to calculate
‘advanced’ fields such as
overdues
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To do list - template & use cases

  • 1. To do list – template & use cases 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 1
  • 2. To do list| flash card 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 2 Objective Structured list of tasks to be performed in the near future, with prioritization and progress status information. Standard agenda ▪ Task description ▪ Ownership* ▪ Criticality ▪ Deadline ▪ Status ▪ Comment *if shared with team or client Use cases ▪ ‘individually’ : used to ensure you do not forget to do anything important ▪ ‘collectively’: used to share tasks and progress within team &/or with client Implementation guidance ▪ Must present tasks in a very clear, specific but synthetic way ▪ Systematically allocate ownership ▪ Must be easy to read, preferably with colours or icons Tools ▪ MS PPT, MS XL, MS Notes ▪ Gmail, MS Outlook … ▪ Apps (todoist for ex.) Templates ▪ See following slides
  • 3. 3 ground principles you should respect when designing and updating a to do list 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 3 It should only take you a few minutes per day to update Use numbers and accurate terms to describe your tasks Any member of your team should be able to understand and take over your tasks Easy to do Easy to read Specific 31 2
  • 4. There are different solutions to design and update a to do list … 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 4 Design your own to do list Use to do list templates Use your e-mail task management functionalities Use a dedicated app To do list
  • 5. … each of them presenting specific advantages 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 5 Scalable Collaborative Easy to use Automated Design your own Use e-mail Use templates Use a apps Low Average High and the winner is …. If you design your own to do list, you can add & remove as many columns as you want, depending on your needs E-mail & dedicated apps have been natively designed to encourage collaborative work Apps and templates are very easy to use – UX strongly varies from one e-mail software to another E-mail & dedicated apps have very useful features such as alerting, interconnection with agenda & e-mails
  • 6. To do list – a basic MS XL version Part 1: Nature Part 2: Priorities Part 3: Progress status 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 6 # Category Task description Owner Criticality Deadline Status Comment A001 Category 2 Owner 6 2 Not started A002 Category 1 Owner 4 3 In progress A003 Category 1 Owner 4 1 In progress What are we trying to achieve? What should be done first? Where are we standing? Criticality Deadline
  • 7. # Category Task description Owner A001 Category 2 Owner 6 A002 Category 1 Owner 4 A003 Category 1 Owner 4 To do list – Part 1: the objective is to determine what needs to be achieved 1 2 3 The ‘#’ column is used to allocate a series number to each task in your list. It makes navigation and exhaustiveness controls easier. You can couple ‘#’ with the category column (for instance, all tasks in Category A have a AXXX series number) The ‘Category’ column is useful when you need to track the nature of the tasks you perform : ▪ You work on several work-streams or assignments in parallel ▪ You cover a wide task spectrum Apply the ‘MECE’ principle The ‘Task description’ column is used to … describe the task, following some simple rules: ▪ Be specific and synthetic ▪ Start description with an action verb ▪ Avoid grouping tasks together (even if they are connected to oneanother, they may have specific deadlines) 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 7 4 The ‘owner’ column is used to identify who is responsible / accountable for each task. Use it when you need to share your to do list with your team or client. Task ownership is critical as it is a sine qua non condition for having someone starting to work on the task. You can use either full name or initials to identify ownership.
  • 8. To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 1 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 8 Sub-category Deliverable Team 2 3 To be used when you need to present the deliverable (name &/or nature) that will be produced as an output of the task To be used when you need to analyse the tasks through organizational lenses; you can add team, department, company … column(s)1 To be used when you need to analyse the tasks through different lenses (you can add several ‘sub-category’ columns)
  • 9. To do list | Part 2 aims at identifying what should be done first 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 9 The ‘Criticality’ column is used to measure the importance of all the tasks in the list. You can use a 3 value scale (high – medium – low) to qualify all tasks in the list keeping in mind that in general, you should have a majority of ‘medium’ items and limited numbers of high and lows. Criticality Deadline 1 2 The ‘Deadline’ column is used to identify urgent matters, i.e. with close due date. It is critical to allocate an explicit deadline to all tasks in the list (ASAP is to be avoided). Precise whether deadlines you display in this column are initial deadlines, revised deadlines, actual deadlines.
  • 10. Criticality & deadlines can be used to fill-in an Eisenhower matrix 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 10 Ui UI ui uI U: urgent -> close deadline Tasks that need to be done quickly to respect a commitment u: not urgent -> far deadline Tasks that have no time constraint (at least not in the immediate) I: important -> high criticality Tasks with a big impact (positive if done or negative if missed) i: not important -> low criticality Tasks with no or limited impact (either positive or negative )
  • 11. To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 2 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 11 Priority level Dependency Order 2 To be used when you need to connect tasks with one another: ▪ Upwards dependency: tasks that need to be performed before ▪ Downwards dependency: tasks that need to be performed after Tracking down dependencies is easier when you have allocated a number to all tasks 3 To be used to order tasks 1 Priority level is a combination of importance and urgency. You can use a 3 degree system with: P1: high priority tasks, corresponding to UI category in the Eisenhower matrix P2: average priority tasks, corresponding to uI and Ui categories P3: low priority tasks, corresponding to ui categories
  • 12. To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 2 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 12 Creation date Initial deadline Actual deadline 5 To be used if you monitor the discrepancy between initial deadline and actual deadline 4 To be used if you want to keep track of the lag between creation and completion, or simply have some chronology elements
  • 13. ticality Owner Deadline Status Comment Owner 6 Not started Owner 4 In progress Owner 4 In progress Low Medium High To do list | Part 3 aims at defining where you are presently standing 1 2 The ‘Comment’ column is used to give additional information on progress, threats, overdues … The ‘Status’ column is used to determine if tasks are performed following the right path and at the right speed. You can use a 4 value system: 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 13 Done Not started In Progress On hold
  • 14. To do list | some columns you may want to add to part 3 19/04/2017 consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved 14 Overdues Threats 2 Used to highlight future overdues by explaining the nature / cause / consequences of potential threats 1 Used to clearly highlight overdues (and subsequently re- prioritise your work or take any other remediation action). You can use a formula based on deadline, report date and status, in order to identify overdues. Overdues
  • 15. Some tips when designing a to do list with MS Excel 19/04/2017 15 Use scrolling lists for fields that need to be filled in with homogeneous data (status, criticality, category, owner mainly) Use conditional formatting for fields with visual content (status, criticality for example) Use formulas to calculate ‘advanced’ fields such as overdues consultorama.101@gmail.com – all rights reserved