We quite often talk about all kinds of tools that help not to drown in a sea of tasks and do everything quickly and efficiently. However, we cannot always install all the tools at all workplaces. And despite the fact that it is not always necessary to install something, it is probably worth thinking about how best to use what you already have.
If you work in the software development industry, then you have probably encountered some kind of bug tracking system. Modern systems, in my opinion, have such a powerful ability to adapt to different needs that they can be recommended much more widely and not limited to the field of software creation. But even if you personally can neither configure nor influence those on whom the setup depends, then you can almost certainly create your own personal GTD panel in such a system.
I will give you an example based on JIRA, a well-known system for managing all kinds of requests. In it, you can modify your personal portal by adding tabs and various portlets.
In this case, we will be interested in this:
In order to use it, you will first have to think about which system entries should fall into certain categories.
For example, for me, all newly opened or rediscovered records belonging to projects should get into Inbox, regardless of who they are intended for. In Next Items there will be open entries intended specifically for me, and in Someday/Maybe — incomplete low-priority non-open entries assigned to me. You probably get the idea. Here's how it looks to me:
I consider the introduction of systems like GTD in organizations, despite their seemingly personal nature, to be an extremely useful phenomenon that improves the overall efficiency of the entire team.
