Getting Things Done: Trigger List
The following is an “Incompletion Triggers” list to assist you in evaluating your current commitments. This list has been taken from Getting Things Done.
Professional
- Projects started, not completed
- Projects that need to be started
- Commitments/promises to others
- Boss/partners
- Colleagues
- Subordinates
- Other people in organization
- “Outside” people
- Customers
- Other organizations
- Professionals
- Communications to make/get
- Internal/External
- Initiate or respond to:
- Phone calls
- Voice-mail
- Pages
- Faxes
- Letters
- Memos
- Initiate or respond to:
- Internal/External
- Other writing to finish/submit
- Reports
- Evaluations/reviews
- Proposals
- Articles
- Promotional materials
- Manuals/instructions
- Rewrites and edits
- Meetings that need to be set/requested
- Who needs to know about what decisions?
- Significant read/review
- Financial
- Cash flow
- Statistics
- Budgets
- Forecasts/projections
- Balance sheet
- Credit line
- Planning/organizing
- Formal planning (goals, targets, objectives)
- Current projects (next stages)
- Upcoming projects
- Business/marketing plans
- Organizational initiatives
- Upcoming events
- Meetings
- Presentations
- Organizational structuring
- ,Changes in facilities
- Installation of new systems/equipment
- Travel
- Banks
- Receivables
- Payables
- Petty cash
- Administration
- Legal issues
- Insurance
- Personnel
- Policies/procedures
- Customers
- Internal
- External
- Marketing
- Promotion
- Sales
- Customer service
- Systems
- Phones
- Computers
- Office equipment
- Other equipment
- Utilities
- Filing
- Storage
- Inventories
- Supplies
- Office/site
- Office organization
- Furniture
- Decorations
- Waiting for…
- Information
- Delegated tasks/projects
- Completions critical to projects
- Replies to:
- Letters
- Memos
- Calls
- Proposals
- Requistions
- Reimbursements
- Petty cash
- Insurance
- Ordered items
- Items being repaired
- Tickets
- Decisions of others
- Professional development
- Training/seminars
- Things to learn
- Things to look up
- Skills to practice/learn
- Tape/video training
- Resumes
- Outside education
- Research–need to find out about…
- Professional wardrobe
Personal
- Projects started, not completed
- Projects that need to be started
- Commitments/promises to others
- Spouse
- Children
- Family
- Friends
- Professionals
- Borrowed items
- Projects: other organizations
- Service
- Civic
- Volunteer
- Communications to make/get
- Family
- Friends
- Professional
- Initiate or respond to:
- Phone calls
- Letters
- Cards
- Upcoming events
- Special occasions
- Birthdays
- Anniversaries
- Weddings
- Graduations
- Holidays
- Travel
- Weekend trips
- Vacations
- Social events
- Cultural events
- Sporting events
- R&D–things to do
- Places to go
- People to meet/invite
- Local attractions
- Administration
- Financial
- Bills
- Banks
- Investments
- Loans
- Taxes
- Insurance
- Legal affairs
- Filing
- Financial
- Waiting for…
- Mail order
- Repair
- Reimbursements
- Loaned items
- Medical data
- RSVPs
- Home/household
- Landlords
- Property ownership
- Legal
- Real estate
- Zoning
- Taxes
- Builders/contractors
- Heating/air-conditioning
- Plumbing
- Electricity
- Roofing
- Landscape
- Driveway
- Walls/floors/ceilings
- Decoration
- Furniture
- Utilities
- Appliances
- Lightbulbs/wiring
- Kitchen things
- Washer/dryer/vacuum
- Areas to organize/clean
- VCR/DVD
- Music/CDs/tapes
- Cameras/film
- Phones
- Answering machine
- Sports equipment
- Closets/clothes
- Garage/storage
- Vehicle repair/maintenance
- Tools
- Luggage
- Computers
- Software
- Hardware
- Connections
- CD-ROM
- E-mail/Internet
- Health care
- Doctors
- Dentists
- Specialists
- Hobbies
- Books/records/tapes/disks
- Errands
- Hardware store
- Drugstore
- Market
- Cleaner
- Stationer
- Community
- Neighbourhood
- Schools
- Local government
- Civic issues
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