2019 - 08 - 28 - Recommendation For The Book The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto is more than a quick reminder that we should be using checklists to streamline our work and work on continual improvement. The book includes some practical tips on what makes a good checklist and how they can be incorporated into work. I have become a huge fan of checklists and use them in several forms. My favorite form is as a project template in whatever project management tool I'm using. These days I'm finding I use OmniFocus for the Mac most often but most project management tools allow for the use of templates. What I like best is the opportunity for continuous improvement so that when the process is improved or new ways are found to do things better the template can be easily changed and these learnings are not lost. The other way I have been enjoying making checklists started as an excuse to use my Apple Pencil. Forms and checklists can be saved as PDFs and then loaded into the iPad software Noteshelf where they can be used as templates. I've found it quite useful and fun.