Planning Personal Projects and Organizing Personal Information

@article{citeulike:2220511, abstract = {In a given week, an active person may be working on, or at least thinking about, several different projects. Some are work-related (?prepare annual report?); others are not (?plan family ski vacation?). Projects have duration (several days to several months) and a structure that includes basic tasks (?book plane tickets?) and subprojects (?decide on hotel?). This article describes exploratory research that looks at the kinds of projects people manage in their daily lives, the problems they encounter and the kinds of support people need to manage better. The personal project is advanced as a tractable unit of analysis for the study of personal information management (PIM). Over time, a personal project often involves several forms of information (paper and digital documents, email, web pages, handwritten notes, etc.) and several supporting applications. People face problems of information fragmentation that are more widely experienced in their practice of PIM. A Project Plannerprototype explores an exciting possibility that an effective, integrative organization of project-related information can emerge as a natural by-product of efforts to plan and structure the project.}, address = {The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195; The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195; Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195; The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195}, author = {Jones, William and Bruce, Harry and Foxley, Austin and Munat, Charles F. }, citeulike-article-id = {2220511}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/meet.14504301159}, journal = {Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology}, keywords = {fragmentation, information\_needs, life\_work, pim, projects}, number = {1}, pages = {159+}, posted-at = {2008-01-11 18:52:51}, priority = {0}, title = {Planning Personal Projects and Organizing Personal Information}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/meet.14504301159}, volume = {43}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2220511 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2220511 N2 - In a given week, an active person may be working on, or at least thinking about, several different projects. Some are work-related (?prepare annual report?); others are not (?plan family ski vacation?). Projects have duration (several days to several months) and a structure that includes basic tasks (?book plane tickets?) and subprojects (?decide on hotel?). This article describes exploratory research that looks at the kinds of projects people manage in their daily lives, the problems they encounter and the kinds of support people need to manage better. The personal project is advanced as a tractable unit of analysis for the study of personal information management (PIM). Over time, a personal project often involves several forms of information (paper and digital documents, email, web pages, handwritten notes, etc.) and several supporting applications. People face problems of information fragmentation that are more widely experienced in their practice of PIM. A Project Plannerprototype explores an exciting possibility that an effective, integrative organization of project-related information can emerge as a natural by-product of efforts to plan and structure the project. IS - 1 JF - Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology AD - The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195; The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195; Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195; The Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 TI - Planning Personal Projects and Organizing Personal Information VL - 43 SP - 159 KW - fragmentation KW - information_needs KW - life_work KW - pim KW - projects AU - Jones, William AU - Bruce, Harry AU - Foxley, Austin AU - Munat, Charles PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/meet.14504301159 ER -