The pre-mortem: imagine the project failed, before you begin
After a failure, everyone sees clearly what went wrong. What if we did this analysis before we started? That is the simple idea of the "pre-mortem".
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Unfinished tasks that will not leave us alone, and why a short plan calms them
Do you find yourself thinking about an email you have not sent just when you are trying to concentrate on something else? Research shows that you do not need to finish the task to calm your mind. Often a plan is enough.
The planning fallacy: why everything takes longer than we think
We know that past projects took longer than expected. Yet when we plan a new one, we are optimistic again. This error has a name and some simple remedies.
The "if–then" plan: the simplest tool for keeping a decision
Deciding in advance when, where and how you will act markedly increases the chance that you will. One sentence is enough.