2. • 24 hours a day
• 7 days a week
• 4 weeks a month
• 12 months a year
• 60 year a life
• We can only buy a clock but you can not
buy times.
Why we are here
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5. • Break your tasks down into small prioritized chunks
• Razor sharp focus for 25 minutes
• Don’t check mails, Facebook etc
• Indicate to others you are in a pomodoro
• If things come up, log them as tasks and continue your work
• 5 minute break time
• Try not to do more work during your break (this is sometimes
difficult to achieve)
• Reprioritise new tasks and enter the next pomodoro
• Celebrate 4 successful pomodoros with a longer 15 break
• Try to stretch your legs and rest your eyes
Pomodoro In Action
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8. • Find out how much effort an activity requires
• Cut down on interruptions: Internal & External
Interruptions
• Estimate the effort required for activities
• Make the Pomodoro more effective
• Set up a Timetable
Become a Pomodoro Master
6 objectives
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9. • Immerse yourself in programming, confining
emailing to one or two Pomodoros a day.
• Break large, demanding tasks into shorter
steps.
• Separate time they spend developing and
refactoring.
• Reduce amount of bad code.
• Manage distractions so that no body aren't
interrupted during Pomodoros.
DEVELOPERS
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10. • David Allen
• Core concept: break tasks down into actions
and store them in an organized fashion
outside of your brain
• Grouping actions by contexts allows you to
be more productive by batching similar tasks
• Storing planned actions enables your
brainpower to be spent on more important
things
GTD
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11. • Inventory Sheet = Product Backlog
• Today Sheet = Sprint Backlog + Sprint
Burndown
• Organizational Pomodoro = Sprint
Planning
• Each Pomodoro has the same length like
a Sprint
• Daily Finished Pomodoros = Velocity
It looks like Scrum
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