Comments on: Next Action Analysis 2008 GTD Challenge

By: 2008 GTD Challenge Results » ActivityOwner.Com

2008 GTD Challenge Results » ActivityOwner.Com — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:48:49 +0000

[...] a framework for "climbing back on the GTD horse" in the new year, we initiated the "Next Action Analysis 2008 GTD Challenge". The goal was to get an initial assessment in the 1st half of January and then work to [...]

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:00:46 +0000

Sorry for delay in wrapping this up and announcing winners. I succumbed to the NAA "game" this weekend and attacked some "aging" action items to drive my score to 9.02 for the first time. I was at 7.5 at the context deadline, but here are my current scores:

overall 9.02
– Freshness 7.2
– Feasibility 9.1
– Finishing 9.3
– Focus 9.7
– Foresight 9.9

I keep the blog on a separate "name" or else wrapping up the contest would have lowered my "finishing" score :-).

I've got to dig-up last one email entry I got and I'll figure out the winners later in the wee and we can discuss where to go next.

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:05:13 +0000

Wow – that's and impressive score! Too bad you missed the deadline :-).

Let's wrap up the contest based on entries as of Monday morning to give people one more weekly review to get there score up to something they want to share.

I've found the script useful as well. My "weakest" link has rotated through each dimension with "freshness" being my current road block. If I can nail a few of those aging tasks (paperwork, blah) this weekend, I'll be in much better shape.

By: Jose Miguel Bolivar

Jose Miguel Bolivar — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:47:58 +0000

Feb 1st picture:

Overall NAA Rating: 9.82/10
Finishing: 9.27/10
Freshness: 9.84/10
Foresight: 10/10
Feasibility: 10/10
Focus: 10/10

Thanks AO for this great tool and also for the Challenge. I started it just as a game but the outcome is that I have become much more disciplined with my weekly reviews.

By: Arkadiy

Arkadiy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:39:59 +0000

I have been using this macro for a week already, so this is already an improved score. As of today:
Overall NAA Rating: 6.77/10
Freshness: 4.89/10
Foresight: 5.22/10
Finishing: 6.25/10
Focus: 7.5/10
Feasibility: 10/10

By: Next Action Analysis Updated » ActivityOwner.Com

Next Action Analysis Updated » ActivityOwner.Com — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:16:09 +0000

[...] I of the 2008 GTD Next Action Analysis Challenge is complete with seven entrants vying for "Most Improved" over the next two weeks. There [...]

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:39:09 +0000

DW — There was a scoring bug in the version on the site today. You should download the latest version when you get a chance.

By: DW

DW — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:12:38 +0000

Overall=7.95
Finishing=4.07
Foresight=7.5
Freshness=8.2
Feasibility=10
Focus=10

By: Mal

Mal — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:05:09 +0000

I have been working on getting my projects etc updated the last week or so and am starting to get my scores up to a reasonable level.
I am not going to submit a revised score as part of the competition because I am not really interested in winning a prize since as far as I am concerned I have already won. This process has made be revisit how I am approaching the whole process and has made me realise quite a few things I 'knew' I should be doing differently but had not consciously acknowledged.
As an example I have typically piled a lot of actions in with short time frames and then basically do whatever happens to come up and interests me at any particular time. The last few weeks I have been contemplating making a map at the start of each week that focused just on what I wanted to achieve in the upcoming week. – DOH!!!! That's when it struck me that that is EXACTLY what I should be using my dashboards for. Now I have (or at least I am in the process of) pushing all my projects into someday/maybe for the short term and then at the weekly review I bring them back as active.
I think this may have come about because I have been more interested in the tools than the process – all that has now changed!
I will be using this macro as part of my weekly review process and even though I may never get 10/10 overall it will force me to make sure that I take control rather than let the tools control me.

Thanks (again) for another great tool AO

By: Mal

Mal — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:01:19 +0000

Foresight:4.4/10
Freshness: 7.3/10
Focus: 8.1/10
Feasibility: 8.1/10
Finishing: 6.9/10
Overall: 7/10

This is probably better than I had thought it would be. Looks like my weekly review this week will need to be a good one!

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:24:17 +0000

Note that the macro has been updated with a number of improvements including sorting the recommendations and factor in order of opportunity and linking out to supporting pages on the wiki with advice for improvement.

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:21:26 +0000

Entry from Anonymous User Numero 2:

Overall NAA Rating: 2/10.0
Foresight: 0/10.0
Freshness: 5,2/10.0
Focus: 3/10.0
Feasibility: 0/10.0 (493 next actions!)
Finishing: 1,9/10.0 (90 overdue)

By: Jose Miguel Bolivar

Jose Miguel Bolivar — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:58:21 +0000

Overall NAA rating: 8.2/10.0
Foresight: 10.0/10.0
Freshness: 8.5/10.0
Focus: 6.2/10.0
Feasibility: 8.3/10.0
Finishing:7.9/10.0

I definitely need to push to "someday/maybe" some stuff that have been living in my dashboard for a while, so I expect the above to improve by end of the contest.

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:40:13 +0000

NOTE: Apparently I messed up the spam question with an upgrade a couplle days ago. If you tried to post your scores but were blocked, please do so again as the blocker has been turned off. I've also modified the program to handle maps with up to 900 tasks (yikes) as some folks were going past the previous limit and getting runtime errors. If you run into any problems let me know by commenting here or by email.

I've seen several scores come in by email but will hold off posting as I'm not sure they were the actual version the users wanted posted.

By: BillS

BillS — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:08:06 +0000

Foresight: 2.6/10
Freshness: 7.5/10
Focus: 9.8/10
Feasability: 10/10
Finishing: 8/10
Overall: 7.6/10

As previously stated, I have a habit of date changing items (non-repeats) based on importance. I'm going to stop doing that so I can get a more accurate picture. Please consider this my self-disqualification.

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:18:38 +0000

Anon. Entry #1:

Overall: 7.4/10

Foresight: 7/10

Freshness:8.6/10

Focus:10/10

Feasibility:4.2/10 (yikes! Too many jobs)

Finishing:6.9/10

By: ActivityOwner

ActivityOwner — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:11:51 +0000

Rules don't say I can't enter as well :-). I'll fess up to the "example" in previous post as being the current state of my "home" dashboard. (6.4/10).