[achamess]

Hi all,

On-again off-again OF and GTD user here. I'm trying to get back into GTD again and I went back to David Allen's book and checked out the workflow charts on the web. I have a question. I understand what Projects are in the GTD sense, and I understand that we want to plan a project with the next actions clearly defined. But I have a question of when. When is project planning supposed to occur in the GTD workflow? Or is there not a specified time?

I thought about when I do project planning. I do daily reviews in OF and empty my inbox. As I do that, I create projects if a new one is needed. And then, I might get side-tracked from inbox clearing and do more planning. So effectively, I do project planning during daily reviews. And sometimes during weekly reviews, as I bring in new projects into the runway.

But I'm wondering, should we specify certain times for project planning or just do it off-the-cuff, on an as needed basis? What do you all do?