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Originally Posted by GeorgeV
Ok, this is good.
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What was the rest, chopped liver? :-)
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This brings up another point: Where can I read up on the difference between and how to best implement the ideas of projects with single tasks and task groups.
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I'd say do whatever makes the structure of the project easiest for you to understand, both from a planning perspective and from an executing perspective. You want to express any necessary structure (these tasks must be done before those tasks), and you want the task names to make sense when you are looking at them as you try to execute the project ("Lutron wall plate? What kind of task name is Lutron wall plate?")
Some portions of the project may involve groups of tasks which must be done in sequence, and other portions may have groups of tasks which can be done in arbitrary order; using a task group as a container allows you to have a mixture in the same project. Maybe you're doing a project to turn a spare bedroom into an office. You need to have some electrical work done (putting in some extra power outlets, another phone line, some Cat-5 cabling for your internet hookup), you want to buy some furniture (bookshelves, a desk, comfortable chair), and the ugly wallpaper the previous owner had in there has to go. Probably your overall order is the do the electrical work and wallpaper first, acquire the furniture, then set up shop. Breaking those down (remember, OmniFocus is an outliner at heart), that electrical work is going to need a block of sequential tasks (find an electrician, obtain any necessary permits, do the work). There will be another block of tasks to deal with the wallpaper (get tools, strip the old, choose and purchase new, hang new, or maybe you have a similar set to the electrical work if you hire someone to do it). Both of those blocks can probably run at the same time, so putting them in a parallel group would make sense. Maybe a 3rd group in that parallel group (this time a parallel group) covers the actions of buying the furniture. When all of those tasks are complete, move in the furniture and set up your office. You might end up with something along these lines:
