Comments on: Think about Timeboxing your Project http://stevenclark.com.au/2007/12/07/think-about-timeboxing-your-project/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:21:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: steven http://stevenclark.com.au/2007/12/07/think-about-timeboxing-your-project/comment-page-1/#comment-397 steven Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:04:16 +0000 http://stevenclark.com.au/2007/12/07/think-about-timboxing-your-project/#comment-397 yeh tell me about it... suddenly I'm 43 and how did that happen?! :) yeh tell me about it… suddenly I’m 43 and how did that happen?! :)

]]> By: Matt Robin http://stevenclark.com.au/2007/12/07/think-about-timeboxing-your-project/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Matt Robin Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:53:32 +0000 http://stevenclark.com.au/2007/12/07/think-about-timboxing-your-project/#comment-394 >>"Otherwise I find my week becomes a month…" Speaking of which - where did 2007 go?!! hehehe >>”Otherwise I find my week becomes a month…”

Speaking of which - where did 2007 go?!! hehehe

]]> By: steven http://stevenclark.com.au/2007/12/07/think-about-timeboxing-your-project/comment-page-1/#comment-392 steven Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:49:53 +0000 http://stevenclark.com.au/2007/12/07/think-about-timboxing-your-project/#comment-392 True Matt but i tend to be bad with anything that is ambiguously timeframed... if there's no need to complete something it drags on and on (like redesigns of the personal site). Even the reading of books tends to be a chapter here and there especially if they are not so interesting parts of boring chapters. :) But that's a valid point for a lot of people. I guess personal project is another slippery definition. If, for example, I were to look at developing a Web 2.0 application in the real estate sector then I still need to set definitive project timelines. On that level a project is a project and timeboxing different sections is a good way to go. The main reason - say for the application or even the site redesign - is that, as you know, its easy to get into the cycle of pushing a pixel here and there in a non-productive circle that detracts from other available time and projects. So, personally, I find that I do need some form of discipline in that area. And I need to try a bit harder to definitively state solid timeframes. I suppose we're talking about simplistic versions of Gantt Charts and Critical Path Method. Otherwise I find my week becomes a month... True Matt but i tend to be bad with anything that is ambiguously timeframed… if there’s no need to complete something it drags on and on (like redesigns of the personal site). Even the reading of books tends to be a chapter here and there especially if they are not so interesting parts of boring chapters. :)

But that’s a valid point for a lot of people.

I guess personal project is another slippery definition. If, for example, I were to look at developing a Web 2.0 application in the real estate sector then I still need to set definitive project timelines. On that level a project is a project and timeboxing different sections is a good way to go.

The main reason - say for the application or even the site redesign - is that, as you know, its easy to get into the cycle of pushing a pixel here and there in a non-productive circle that detracts from other available time and projects.

So, personally, I find that I do need some form of discipline in that area. And I need to try a bit harder to definitively state solid timeframes. I suppose we’re talking about simplistic versions of Gantt Charts and Critical Path Method. Otherwise I find my week becomes a month…

]]> By: Matt Robin http://stevenclark.com.au/2007/12/07/think-about-timeboxing-your-project/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Matt Robin Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:49:47 +0000 http://stevenclark.com.au/2007/12/07/think-about-timboxing-your-project/#comment-390 (Sticks hand up).....hmm. Treating projects as time-managed events is the key to them being completed successfully on time. >>"My list of intended projects can sometimes get out of hand." Is that because they are personal projects though? I mean, do they need to be completed by certain deadlines? If something isn't 100% right - does anyone else complain, or is it only you who will notice? I think time-boxing might have a tough time with personal projects, but makes a lot of sense for business-related projects. (Sticks hand up)…..hmm.

Treating projects as time-managed events is the key to them being completed successfully on time.

>>”My list of intended projects can sometimes get out of hand.”

Is that because they are personal projects though? I mean, do they need to be completed by certain deadlines? If something isn’t 100% right - does anyone else complain, or is it only you who will notice?

I think time-boxing might have a tough time with personal projects, but makes a lot of sense for business-related projects.

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