Comments on: Time Boxing is an Effective Getting Things Done Strategy

By: Toimistofetisistin tunnustuksia | Kirjoittajatreffit

Toimistofetisistin tunnustuksia | Kirjoittajatreffit — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:36:07 +0000

[...] Perehdyin tiiviissä tahdissa mitä moninaisimpiin tehokkuustekniikoihin monivaiheunesta GTD:hen ja timeboxingista selkeisiin tehtävälistoihin. Monista kokeilemistani asioista on tullut korvaamaton osa [...]

By: Inflating Effort » Study Shack

Inflating Effort » Study Shack — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:09:15 +0000

[...] is all similar to the idea of Timeboxing where we can make goals of time rather than completion. By giving yourself 10 minutes to look at [...]

By: SOA, Simples Assim! » 10 Princípios de Gerenciamento de Tempo (Projetos Ágeis)

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:40:55 +0000

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By: Why Getting Personal Stuff Done Is Hard

Why Getting Personal Stuff Done Is Hard — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:37:45 +0000

[...] I know I’ve been writing about Time Boxing, but it seems the strategies there alone aren’t sufficient to help me Get Things Done. [...]

By: Guillaume, for MacMation

Guillaume, for MacMation — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:59:50 +0000

TimeBoxing is indeed a very powerful concept against perfectionism and procrastination.

Many people will sometimes procrastinates for an hour, because they don’t want to start a task that takes only 30 minutes to do when well focused.
It can be because they want to do it so perfectly that it becomes scary to even start it.

TimeBoxed is a neat timer for Mac OS X that is perfect in this kind of situation (Disclaimer: I am the main developer of this app).
Check it out at:
http://www.macmation.com/TimeBoxed

By: Code Whisperer: Time Box to Overcome Fear, Stress and Anxiety | Derek Neighbors

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:02:36 +0000

[...] Okay, Okay how the hell does this have anything do with me? I noticed recently that developers have similar problems. Whether it be velocity concerns, deadlines, poor acceptance criteria or something else that is preoccupying their mind, they can get fearful, stressed and ultimately produce enough anxiety to not be able to effectively do the work at hand. I find that in agile we have a principle of time boxing. I believe that by time boxing things like releases, iterations/sprints, stories and even tasks that like the dog fearing the toaster it allows us to be focused on something other than our fear for long enough to produce a calm. [...]

By: ene

ene — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:24:54 +0000

so what is supposed to be done if not all the planned deliverables are not ready at the end of the stated timebox?

By: ToolBlog » Die Zeit in der Kiste

ToolBlog » Die Zeit in der Kiste — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:19:24 +0000

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By: Dieter van Baarle

Dieter van Baarle — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:08:16 +0000

This reminds me of some methods in the book “Do It Tomorrow” by Mark Forster. I really liked his methods for getting things done.

One of his methods is very similar, he suggests to spend a little bit of time at the start of every day to get a (big or complex) task done.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0340909129?ie=UTF8&tag=zigo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0340909129

By: Michal Piekarczyk

Michal Piekarczyk — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:04:31 +0000

This is a comment on the topic of filling in the “null” time at the end of the day before your “bed time”. So I was thinking, why not pretend you have to assign work to someone else. I think I am way too easy on my tired ’self’. But instead, create tasks for some junior high school student with low patience. Then do as you are told.