Smaller tasks makes a difference
Today is an amazing and very productive day. I was able to resolve 8 tickets, continue on other 3 tickets, read about Google Gadgets and read about Getting Real Book! The last 2 activity was just driven because I have to write my goals for the next year (thanks to Promet btw for giving me reason to do that). I think what made the difference today is related to this section of the Getting Real book
Smaller tasks and smaller timelines are more manageable, hide fewer possible requirement misunderstandings, and cost less to change your mind about or redo. Smaller timelines keep developers engaged and give them more opportunities to enjoy a sense of accomplishment.
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been managing a project and I have been doing a lot of thinking and coding and rethinking and I feel every night I am totally exhausted and all my spirits are gone when I finally go to bed. I felt my time was very limited and I have no other time to do things like walking for fresh air late afternoon. I just realize now that I do not manage the project and my time effectively. After a few weeks I have started dividing tasks to smaller ones but was not really into it since I have to think a lot of things and haven’t realized the benefit of it. Last night, thankfully the application was reviewed and I got a lot of feedbacks in smaller chunks which was great because it gave me more idea on what and where to focus next. The greatest of all with this event today is that I was able to appreciate my day! And ofcourse learned a lesson. It felt I had accomplished a lot of things and probably that made the difference why I was able to do other stuff. I will certainly keep this in mind for the remaining timespan of my current project. For the meantime, I will have to go to bed now and ready myself for another productive day tomorrow!
Checkout the travel category on the coming days, I finally visited the beautiful Boracay! and this weekend I will be going to Bagiuo with my family. It’s an awesome week!
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