- Making a single task accomplish multiple goals
- Choosing tasks that serve multiple functions 

Wake Forest University

**The strategies used by each participant were related to the individual's job pressures. Task management strategies are not a one-size-fits-all approach!**

- Task Vistas
- Informal Priority Lists
- State Tracking Resources
- Time Management
- Value Extension

Task Management Strategies (What a To-Do: Studies of Task Management Towards the Design of a Personal Task List Manager)

Bellotti, V., Dalal, B., Good, N., Flynn, P., Bobrow, D. G., & Ducheneaut, N. (2004). What a to-do: Studies of task management towards the design of a personal task list manager. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 735–742. https://doi.org/10.1145/985692.985785

What a To-Do: Studies of Task Management Towards the Design of a Personal Task List Manager 

- Comprehensive planning lists to ensure no task slips through the cracks
- Every to-do can be seen on one page (on paper)
- Strong organizational component: each of the 3 participants that utilized this method had an organizational strategy that fit their needs (ex: categorizing tasks)

Task Vistas (What a To-Do: Studies of Task Management Towards the Design of a Personal Task List Manager)

- Used for upcoming execution of high-priority items 
- Not organized, notes jotted on paper scraps
- Participants created a daily list & kept it in their pockets

Informal Priority Lists (What a To-Do: Studies of Task Management Towards the Design of a Personal Task List Manager)

- Used by the participants with many simultaneous, interconnected tasks
- Does NOT explicitly state task: shows what actions have been done in the past, allowing user to infer what needs to be done

State Tracking Resources (What a To-Do: Studies of Task Management Towards the Design of a Personal Task List Manager)


- Utilized by 5/7 participants
- These participants had the greatest number of deadlines in their work (accounted for 93% of deadline task codes)

Specific Strategies:
- Ensuring that items are noticed at a later time, because there is not currently time available
- Building time into schedule for high-priority tasks
- Categorizing tasks based on amount of time needed

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