MLO conceptual inconsistency

[Matthieu B]

Hi,

You know how importance/urgency can be inherited relative to the parent task using computed-score? By extension, tasks that have others depend on them should also inherit increased importance/urgency if it is the case that these subsequent tasks are higher-up. Imagine task "Avoid world apocalypse" depends on task "Study for your finals". Even without a direct parent-child relationship, it should be understood that "Study for your finals" becomes crucial in the the larger scheme of things. Right now, I doesn't feel right for me to use dependencies while also relying on inheritance of computed-score because it's not consistent across the board. I find myself copying and pasting subtasks instead...

Maybe something to think about for MLO 6 (Desktop)?

[westpo...@yahoo.com]

In my quarterly wish-list I’m going to suggest (for me) that sub-tasks not look to the parent.  Why?  First, because I still don’t understand it!  Second, if “Reply to emails” is low priority, but “Reply to customer X’s email” is urgent priority, I want it to be treated like any other task with high urgency.

 

NOTE: Maybe it already does! Again, I’ve never understood how a sub-task can both inherit and have it’s own importance/urgency.

 

Michael Emerald, CFA

Sturbridge, MA

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[Matthieu B]

Hey Michael,

It's actually pretty simple. The sub-task having its own importance/urgency actually increases or decreases overall importance/urgency relative to the parent. It is very clever. Imagine a task dear to your heart: "Improve my relationship with my wife" and then as a subtask you have: "Buy her a gift". Given that buying your wife a gift contributes to improving your relationship with her, it wouldn't make sense if "Buy her a gift" wouldn't stand out from the other mundane tasks by virtue of it having "Improve my relationship with my wife" as a parent.

By extension, some subtasks are more important/urgent than others relative to the parent itself. "Find quality time to spend with my wife" is going to beat "Buy my wife a gift" everytime relative to "Improve my relationship with my wife". You want that to reflect in the computed-score. 

I hope that helps!

Matthieu