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I really don’t know how to start this post!  In my last post I highlighted some issues I was having with Projects and sub-projects within GTD and lamented that there didn’t seem to be a way to handle this in eProductivity.

This resulted in a bit of light hearted banter with my good friend Gavin Knight about his outlook based GTD solution having this ability and my Lotus Notes solution not.

Well, I was wrong… and boy was I wrong!  Thanks to Eric Mack I can now confirm that eProductivity allows for layers of not only projects, but also actions.

To be honest, I’m just starting to play with it because I need to work out what suits me best.  It is so customisable that it would be easy to make a solution that simply works for more unmanageable by introducing unnecessary complexity.

Projects

For example, sticking with my issue of sub-projects, eProductivity actually allows me to categorise my projects to some depth!

The top level (Projects – Test) are the really big picture headings, (Personal, Business, Church etc), and eProductivity wisely allows a maximum of 5 of these

But then there are 3 layers more allowed and these are unlimited.  This is achieved using a naming convention, so the three staffing projects above are:

One\Staffing – Fully staff new office
One\Staffing – Hire Consultants for outlying areas
Two\Staffing – Do business plan etc

And there is an option with the preferences menu to view in this advanced manner.  This is at the moment an undocumented feature.

I have to say that I will use this feature fully and it will be a great benefit to my productivity and organisation.

Actions

eProductivity also allows for this layering feature.  I have to say that I’m unlikely to use this functionality because, at least for my simple mind, it would quickly become too complex.  It seems to me that if I need to layer actions, then I probably should be initiating a project instead.

Thanks Eric

But its nice to know that it has the ability because I may well find it would be handy once I learn more and more about GTD and eProductivity.

Once again, Eric Mack comes through (maybe I should ask him before I blog my issues) big time!  Thanks also to Peter Simoons for his help during my journey.

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