Keep the whole job in view.
Use subprojects when a larger project needs smaller parts. A house renovation can contain the kitchen, hallway and garden without losing the bigger picture.
Projects
“We should do that.”
Give it a Saturday.
The spare room. The holiday. The business you are building after work. Put the steps in order and give the project a place in your week.
Make the work manageable
A bigger job.
Clear next steps.
Keep related tasks together. Break a task into steps with their own estimates, and connect work that needs to happen in order.
Review the garden plan before ordering the timber. Prepare the area before building. Dependent tasks wait for the work they need.
Project blocks
Reserve the time.
Let the tasks fill it.
Block out Saturday morning for the garden project. Planner schedules its ordinary tasks inside that reserved time, using their priority and dependencies.
Marking a project task as urgent allows it to be planned outside those blocks too. You choose when the exception matters.
Work on it together.
Assign the work to the people involved and share projects with connected households. Reserved project time belongs to a person, so it sits alongside their other commitments.
Planning with other peopleMake time for the project you keep putting off.
Add your commitments and a few things you need to do. See how Planner fits them together.