by Jason C | Jun 12, 2022
“Processed” means you have: 1) decided the next step, 2) decided (roughly) when you will do it, AND 3) put it in its home.
by Jason C | Jun 12, 2022
Processed tasks show up properly in your lists, poised and ready for action at the right time. Until then, they are out of your way. Until they are fully processed, tasks appear in your Unprocessed Tasks list.
by Jason C | Jun 12, 2022
Specifically, to be counted as processed, tasks need (at least): a major context, and a soft date or Someday/Maybe. It should also include (as needed): 1-1 contexts or automatic delegation tracking, meeting contexts, action contexts, task notes, and a few next steps...
by Jason C | Jun 12, 2022
When properly configured, Outlook keeps tasks in your Unprocessed Tasks view until they have a category and a date of some kind (Someday/Maybe and Do Today both count as dates). Templates are treated as processed.
by Jason C | Jun 12, 2022
“Processing” means choosing a next step, contexts, and dates for a task. “Re-processing” is processing after each step in a project.
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