"The GTD® methodology encourages to collect all inboxes into a trusted system in order to free your mind, process and organize everything and then review and do actions."
ThinkingRock has been designed to match the methodology flow:
- Collect thoughts
- Process thoughts
- Organize thoughts into Projects, Actions, Reference Items, Someday/Maybe Items and Goals
- Review Actions, mark them done and document them
No need to follow procedures to adapt ThinkingRock to the methodology!
ThinkingRock can become your trusted system:
- Data is stored in one file which is backed up at every startup
- A recovery file is kept to save your work in progress
- Data is kept locally, i.e. not on the web
GTD® Flow vs. ThinkingRock flow
Methodology - Collect, Process and Organize
ThinkingRock - Collect and Process
Collect stuff, empty inboxes
Collect thought
Process:
- Is it actionable? Yes - Type of actions: do it, delegate it/waiting for, defer it, calendar
- No - Delete, possible later actions, reference
Process thoughts:
- first screen process into actionable: actions, projects, sub-projects
- second screen process them into non-actionable: reference items, someday/maybe items or goals
Organize: If a stuff item requires more than one action, create a project
Process thoughts: create a new project or add action to an existing project
Methodology - Review and Do
ThinkingRock Review
Daily Review
Review actions with user defined tabs and filtering. Mark actions to done, re-schedule, update notes with timestamp, links
Weekly Review
Review projects: planning, auto-sequencing, reports
Methodology - Other concepts
ThinkingRock
6 Level Model: Life, 3-5 year vision, 1-2 year goals, areas of responsiibility, current projects, current actions
User defined goal levels, topics to cover area of responsibility, active projects, active actions
Tickle functionality
Someday/Maybe item with a tickle date when to re-appear on top of the unprocessed thoughts inbox
Context
Context with filtering and report
Priority, time, energy
Priority, time, energy criteria with filtering
Please note that ThinkingRock is not affiliated with or endorsed by the David Allen Company.