What you need teuxdeux to plan the tasks of a simple project

[This is part 3 in our little spare-time project series. See parts one and two for some context.]

The overall project plan is set and sketched out using XMind, but using Remember the Milk for planning the nitty gritty tasks that need to be done seems overly complex? Lets try out teuxdeux for a change! It's a plain and simple todo list manager. And all its simplicity doesn't just make it easy and fun to use but also asks for cleaning up the overall planning for MFSP - my fancy spare-time project.

Create an account solely for MFSP. Teuxdeux is simple. Doesn't come with tags or anything the like. If you want to stay focused and keep clutter out of your way, don't mix up MFSP's tasks with anything else, like remembering to buy some milk.

Go for one-week iterations. A new release every week? Why not! Just jam in less and it can be done. Why? Because teuxdeux focusses on five days - one week sans some weekend time.



Given all this, you basically do what we discussed last time: Take the Releases node of your MFSP MindMap and look at every single feature therein that you thought would fit into the next release. Think about it. Throw all the tasks that you can come up with and that you will need to do into teuxdeux. Distribute them as smart as you can. Or put 'em all in one day, like the last one of your week. They will be rendered red automatically in case you don't strike 'em out before that day goes by.

Make sure that no task turns red. Ever. And you're all set. Plain. Simple. Fast.