This is the title of a book written by David Allen. He describes effective Time management/ Priority management methods.
I have read several book on Time management in the past; but there is always room for improvement! It seems this is the most highly recommended book on this topic.
‘The essence of the process is that you write down a note about everything when you take on a new responsibility, make a new commitment, or have a useful thought. All of this ends up in some kind of “in” box.
You then go through your “in” box and decide what needs to be done next for each item.
For simple issues, this includes identifying the action you should take first and when to take it.
For tougher issues, you schedule an appropriate time to work the problem in more detail.
You organize the results of this thinking, and review your options for what you should be doing weekly.
Then you take what you choose to do, and act. Think of this process as the following five steps:
collect
process
organize
decide
act
From another summary:
After processing:
‘ Once everything is complied (the first time is is a one-to two day chore) you place it in a container:
Trash
Someday Maybe
Actionable
If it is ACTIONABLE. Decide which the next category:
Do it (if requires less than 2 minutes).
Delegate it.
Defer it (by calendar item or Next Action).
If it takes multi actions it goes into a Projects.