Non-project work: verschil tussen versies
Naar navigatie springen
Naar zoeken springen
| (12 tussenliggende versies door dezelfde gebruiker niet weergegeven) | |||
| Regel 1: | Regel 1: | ||
How do you call work or activities that are not done as a project? | How do you call work or activities that are not done as a project? | ||
| − | + | == Examples == | |
* Sales | * Sales | ||
| Regel 8: | Regel 8: | ||
* Management | * Management | ||
* Living in a house vs. building it. | * Living in a house vs. building it. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Names - Long list == | ||
{| class="wikitable" border="1" | {| class="wikitable" border="1" | ||
| Regel 23: | Regel 25: | ||
| [https://www.quora.com/A-project-management-has-a-definite-start-and-an-end-Explain-how?share=1 Source: Quora] | | [https://www.quora.com/A-project-management-has-a-definite-start-and-an-end-Explain-how?share=1 Source: Quora] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Department | + | | Department - Afdeling |
| − | | Like the department of a company. | + | | Like the department of a company. Seems to fit at times and to completely not fit at other times |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Going concern | ||
| + | | Sounds like a bookkeeping term, but is quite apt. How does the abbreviation ''GC'' look like? | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Non-project work | | Non-project work | ||
| Regel 32: | Regel 37: | ||
| [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-project-and-non-project-work] | | [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-project-and-non-project-work] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | Operations | + | | Operations |
| Maybe this is it - Quite simple [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-project-and-non-project-work source] | | Maybe this is it - Quite simple [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-project-and-non-project-work source] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Operationals | | Operationals | ||
| − | | | + | | Worse than ''Operations'' |
|- | |- | ||
| Operational activities | | Operational activities | ||
| − | | Let's a description, not really a useful or attractive name | + | | Let's a description, not really a useful or attractive name |
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Program | ||
| + | | Added in 2023.07 - From the title of a YouTube video | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Retainer | | Retainer | ||
| [https://harpoonapp.com/support/post/are-projects-required-to-have-start-and-end-dates Source] | | [https://harpoonapp.com/support/post/are-projects-required-to-have-start-and-end-dates Source] | ||
|} | |} | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Names - Short list == | ||
I'm undecided about what term to use. My top-3: | I'm undecided about what term to use. My top-3: | ||
| Regel 50: | Regel 60: | ||
* BAU | * BAU | ||
* Operations. | * Operations. | ||
| + | |||
| + | I think that it depends on the context what is the best term ⇒ Let go of it: Use whatever fits the situation and time will tell what it will be. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Names for both things together? == | ||
| + | |||
| + | Names for both these kinds together, aren't that difficult to find: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Activities (activiteiten) | ||
| + | * Board (board): Within Trello or Notion. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Relations between operations, projects & tasks == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * It seems that projects usually live within operations in an hierarchical way | ||
| + | * Maybe incorporate such a hierarchical relation in TaskAlot? | ||
| + | * Operations can have loose non-project tasks. Actually, they can have a lot of it. Changes are, that within most operations most work is done outsides of projects. E.g. in the finance department of a company, there may rarely be projects (maybe once a decade when changing software and once a year to organise the department's party and maybe once a year to create the annual financial report) | ||
| + | |||
| + | Are there 'loose tasks' outside operations? | ||
| + | |||
| + | * I have the impression that in practice, tasks ''always'' belong to an ''operation'' | ||
| + | * Example: Within a government, there are a bunch of departments. The department of the prime minister is called (In NL) something like ''general business'' (''algemene zaken''). I think that any task that doesn't fit anywhere else, automatically ends up at this department | ||
| + | * I can't find an example of a recent task that I did for a customer, that didn't fit in a ''operation'' | ||
| + | * The most unusual task I recently did for a customer: A customer asked me for the invoiced amount over the last couple of years (they needed an estimate of the value of their IP and this was how they would estimate it). I think I would have filed it under ''Coordination'', simply because there was no more obvious place - And that was just fine. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Huidige versie van 11 jul 2023 om 23:01
How do you call work or activities that are not done as a project?
Examples
- Sales
- Finance
- HR
- Management
- Living in a house vs. building it.
Names - Long list
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Area | This is the first A in PARA from Building a Second Brain |
| Business as Usual - BAU | [1] |
| Continuous activities | Source: Quora |
| Department - Afdeling | Like the department of a company. Seems to fit at times and to completely not fit at other times |
| Going concern | Sounds like a bookkeeping term, but is quite apt. How does the abbreviation GC look like? |
| Non-project work | Description, rather than a name. And quite an ugly one [2] |
| Ongoing processes | [3] |
| Operations | Maybe this is it - Quite simple source |
| Operationals | Worse than Operations |
| Operational activities | Let's a description, not really a useful or attractive name |
| Program | Added in 2023.07 - From the title of a YouTube video |
| Retainer | Source |
Names - Short list
I'm undecided about what term to use. My top-3:
- Area
- BAU
- Operations.
I think that it depends on the context what is the best term ⇒ Let go of it: Use whatever fits the situation and time will tell what it will be.
Names for both things together?
Names for both these kinds together, aren't that difficult to find:
- Activities (activiteiten)
- Board (board): Within Trello or Notion.
Relations between operations, projects & tasks
- It seems that projects usually live within operations in an hierarchical way
- Maybe incorporate such a hierarchical relation in TaskAlot?
- Operations can have loose non-project tasks. Actually, they can have a lot of it. Changes are, that within most operations most work is done outsides of projects. E.g. in the finance department of a company, there may rarely be projects (maybe once a decade when changing software and once a year to organise the department's party and maybe once a year to create the annual financial report)
Are there 'loose tasks' outside operations?
- I have the impression that in practice, tasks always belong to an operation
- Example: Within a government, there are a bunch of departments. The department of the prime minister is called (In NL) something like general business (algemene zaken). I think that any task that doesn't fit anywhere else, automatically ends up at this department
- I can't find an example of a recent task that I did for a customer, that didn't fit in a operation
- The most unusual task I recently did for a customer: A customer asked me for the invoiced amount over the last couple of years (they needed an estimate of the value of their IP and this was how they would estimate it). I think I would have filed it under Coordination, simply because there was no more obvious place - And that was just fine.