Timebox Your Day

re: Timebox Your Day

Peter Ritchie — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 05:06:19 GMT

Ahem! We work to live, not live to work.

To be productive you need consistent amounts of sleep, down time, time to tend to life, etc. It's in the company's best interest that you maintain your personal life.

In my past I've had numerous times where I've stayed late for several hours only to give up to stress and fatigue and after a good night's sleep solved the problem in minutes with a refreshed mind the next day.

re: Timebox Your Day

James Waletzky — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:47:48 GMT

I agree! There has never been someone on the their death bed that wishes they had worked more.

I keep coming back to this, but I think the Scrum model definitely applies for personal time management. With Scrum, you have a fixed-time iteration for work. The key to keeping people (including yourself) happy is spending time on a prioritized list of tasks. The time always stays the same, and if a high priority task ends up taking longer, then the lowest priority tasks are cut. You could easily apply this to a given 8 hour day, where if you plan monthly, weekly, and daily, you know what you need to do and you'll get to it in order. A key is to minimize unplanned interruptions, however.

Another way to think of this model is that you buffer by scope, NOT by time. Again, the KEY is the prioritized list.

Patterns and Practices for New Hires

J.D. Meier's Blog — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:28:52 GMT

Whether you're a new hire or taking on a new job, here's some principles, patterns and practices to be

Whether you're a new hire or taking on a new job, here's some principles, patterns and practices to be more effective

Walter Stiers - Academic Relations Team (BeLux) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:20:57 GMT

Patterns and Practices for New Hires from J.D. Meier's Blog has really good advise on this: Whether you're

How To Use Time Boxing for Getting Results

J.D. Meier's Blog — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:13:42 GMT

Time boxing is a way to chunk up time and get results. If you continously miss windows of opportunity