Time Management:

the Hidden Power of

Pomodoroby Orest Ivasiv

halyph@gmail.com@halyph

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Background

• Java Team Lead

• 4+ years in software development

• Managed 3-5 developers

• Practicing Pomodoro 10 months

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Agenda• Why Pomodoro?• Basic Principle• Pomodoro Classical Tools• Samples• Workflow• Demo

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Why Pomodoro?• Complexity is TOO high• Boring tasks, but we have to deal with • Hard work is done, but minor activities are not• Pressure and deadline• Work <-> Break transition• Underestimation and Overestimation• Too many things to do right now and right away• Simple and working approach• Transition from action to perfectionism

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Basic• Choose the topmost task from the list• Set the Pomodoro to 25 minutes• Work until the Pomodoro rings• Mark the task with an X on the To Do Sheet• Take a short break (3–5 minutes)

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Rules• A Pomodoro is indivisible• If a task takes more than 5–7 Pomodoros, break it

down• If it takes less than one pomodoro, add it up, and

combine it with another task• Once a Pomodoro begins, it has to ring• The Pomodoro Technique isn’t for your free time

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Tools• Kitchen Timer• A Pencil• A To Do Sheet• An Activity Inventory Sheet• A Record Sheet

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Activity Inventory

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To Do Sheet

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Record Sheet

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Interruptions• Internal

• External

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Process

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The Best Case Scenario

[1+3],[4]:[4],[1+1]

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Demo

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Benefits• Improved planning• Improved estimation• Improved self-confidence• Visibility• Work load tracking• Personal mind tracking system

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Links• http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/ - Pomodoro

Home Page• The Pomodoro Technique Book - http://

www.pomodorotechnique.com/resources/ThePomodoroTechnique_v1-3.pdf

• http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/products.html

• Toolso ToDoList http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/todolist2.aspx o CherryTomato http://www.beatpoints.com/cherrytomato/

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