As we began to use Notion for everything across multiple teams I noticed none of us were really in a good habit around establishing “projects” for our goals. I had 1 on 1s with all teams, and heard unanimously from everyone that they were in need of a better way to track campaigns/projects/productions — which is literally the first use case our database was designed and made for, so I made a little walkthrough here of how to approach that with examples for each type of team — ecommerce, professional service/media, and event. — ‣, February 10, 2023 2:38 PM (MST)
”One of the most bizarre phenomena I have encountered in 30 years of working closely with some of the brightest and busiest people in the world is how difficult it is for most to grasp the idea of what a “project” is and to consistently manage their total inventory of projects.” —David Allen, author of Getting Things Done, quoted from the inspiration blog post below
With that, please enjoy the video walkthrough of how to manage projects at Lander!
Project Management Video Outline
These, like the rest of our notion workspace, this process is loosely based on the PARA method by Tiago Forte, so if you’d like some insight into how I designed it and why, here’s a blog post of his about how to scope a project: https://fortelabs.com/blog/p-a-r-a-part-vi-small-batch-projects-for-focus-creativity-and-perspective/
Screen & Camera Recording - 13 February 2023 (1).mp4
PARA Part 6: Small-Batch Projects for Focus, Creativity, and Perspective - Forte Labs
Our goal with all projects is to make sure our notion project pages reflect: