Re:Lists, more lists, and the power of checkboxes (2019)
by bob1029 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @03:14PM
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Checklists are one of the most powerful tools at your disposal when coordinating complex work efforts (either with yourself or others).
Even totally solo, I will draw up a checklist in the morning and then execute it in the afternoon. If I just start working my tasks without making a plan, I will forget ~20% of the tasks or detailed feature items I had originally intended to handle. Rinse and repeat this for multiple days and we have a problem.
We have customer implementations that can require months of detailed work. Making sure some critical configuration flag isn't dropped on the floor along the way is the most important thing. I have seen checklists that take years to fully execute.
Even totally solo, I will draw up a checklist in the morning and then execute it in the afternoon. If I just start working my tasks without making a plan, I will forget ~20% of the tasks or detailed feature items I had originally intended to handle. Rinse and repeat this for multiple days and we have a problem.
We have customer implementations that can require months of detailed work. Making sure some critical configuration flag isn't dropped on the floor along the way is the most important thing. I have seen checklists that take years to fully execute.