Right now, I have project pages on my wiki with sections entitled "Next Actions," "Projects," "Someday/Maybe," and "Notes." Projects and sub-projects are where sub-projects go. The planning sort of goes on in the "Projects" section although it isn't explicit.
Maybe each project needs a plan with required sections (could be a just bullet instead of a section).
- "First, create the idea, what you want to achieve." A section called "idea" or maybe "Desired outcome" could spell this out.
- "...step by step, identify every barrier to the realization of your idea, and devise a countermeasure to overcome it." This is similar to the "obstacles" section of David Pollard's GTD system. Makes sense.
- "Third is to break the stages of the plan into parts that are not overwhelming in their complexity. It is at during this phase that a plan is turned into task items, each to be accomplished within the span of one day’s time. If a task requires several days, break it up further. The smaller it is, the less your mind will recoil from attempting it." It seems I have this in "Next Actions" but should each sub-project have its own page with its own next actions? I don't think so, but that just might be recoiling because it wouldn't be easy with my current tool.
- "Fourth is to monitor your progress, identifying problems and correcting for them as you go. Some plans start out unachievable, and remain that way indefinitely, due to a simple lack of observation. If nothing is working for you, change it. Otherwise, your plan is merely a well-crafted wish." In GTD-land, this is the weekly review. Doing this regularly is on my todo list!
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