Effectively Focused: Summary of Principles 1-4 - The Backlog

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Congratulations! You have now created, what we call in the Agile software development arena, a Backlog! This is your list of work that you need to accomplish to achieve your goals.

1: Capture - write everything down

2: Categorize - group like items together

3: Summarize - summarize by the end result (not the action / verb)

4: Prioritize - focus on work that aligns with your values and learn the art of saying "no"

Like my coordinated system? If you're sticky note king/queen, get your own Backlog in my shop with coordinating Sticky Notes or get the portable Project Book system that combines the Backlog and Progress Queue.

5: Time Box - identify a length of time you want to accomplish things

Table of Contents for the Sticky Note PM Program