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    • Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 1: What Is Timeboxing, Why Does It Work, And Why Should You Care?

    June 4, 2010
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    This is the first post in a multi-part series on timeboxing. I’m expecting the series to run for about 3 parts, plus maybe 1 or 2 extra posts to answer any questions that come up along the way. This first article is just a placeholder to help us get our bearings. The real tofu and potatoes will come in...

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    Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 2: Nested Timeboxing

    June 6, 2010
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    OK, so we’re talking about timeboxing. If you’re lost, go here to start from (at?) the beginning of the discussion. Nested timeboxing is a fake umbrella term I just made up for what is actually two different variations on the timeboxing concept that I recently “discovered”. I don’t want to go all Columbus on you here – it may...

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    Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 3: Dual Timeboxing

    July 2, 2010
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    OK, so remember how last time we talked about “nested timeboxing”? Well, today we’re going to talk about the first type of nested timeboxing — dual timeboxing. We’ll talk about the second type (decremental/downward spiral timeboxing) next time. So, Why Dual Timeboxing?   Dual timeboxing is just personal timeboxing using two timers. I first started using it when I...

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    Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 3.5: Timeboxing Turns Work Into Play

    July 4, 2010
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    I was making some additions to the previous post in this series, but I ended up adding so much content that it made more sense to spin it off as a new article. So here we go! Timeboxing Turns Work Into Play I love how nested timeboxing makes virtually any work feel like web-surfing — mindlessly moving from one...

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    Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 4: Decremental Timeboxing

    July 8, 2010
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    Here we go again with another entry in the timeboxing series…I really should stop calling it a “trilogy”, since there are quite clearly more than three parts, but…whatever. I mean, it was originally intended to span only three parts but it kept — OK, no, we’re not talking about this any more. Oh, go here to read the series...

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    Timeboxing Trilogy, Part 5: Incremental Timeboxing and Mixed Timeboxing

    July 10, 2010
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    Here we go again with another entry in the timeboxing series…I really should stop calling it a “trilogy”, since there are quite clearly more than three parts, but…whatever. I mean, it was originally intended to span only three parts but it kept — OK, no, we’re not talking about this any more. Oh, go here to read the series from...

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