GTD and Outlook 2007:
Written by Josh Fialkoff on December 12th, 2007I wanted to update my recent blog post on Using Outlook 2007 with the Getting Things Done methodology.
There is an interesting series of forum messages on David Allen’s Website, that the Getting Things Done Outlook Add-In is not compatible with Outlook 2007.
Here is one comment that I found particularly interesting:
I’d suggest you take advantage of the GTD plug in (v2.7.5) trial period first, before buying it.
My experience is that it’s quite unstable, and can cause problems with Outlook responding. Also there are niggly things like not being able to fill in the ‘Action’ field in the Task window by typing. You have to use the drop down menu. Customer Support claim that this is a Windows/MS Outlook issue but I’m not convinced. It’s not a problem I’ve ever come across with Outlook custom forms before.
It’s also quite expensive for what it is, in the UK marketplace at least, even with a strong pound.
In my view, this is more reason to look at alternatives.
You can read the entire post here.
I’ve also gotten excellent feedback to the post, but I’d still love to hear from people about how they integrate David Allen’s philosophy into Outlook 2007.
Hello Josh,
I have read your posts on GTD and Outlook.
I am at the moment discovering GTD as well as implementing it for my professional and personal lives. I have my In pretty full right now and my girlfriend pretty “upset” with all the physical gathering that happened and that sits on the dining room table. So I need to get a software tool quickly to get out of the jam.
I ingenuously thought Outlook would “just do fine” for GTD.
It obviously doesn’t. Just as much as you, I’d wish to not have to get onto a fully Outlook independent software for my GTD implementation.
In your 2007 post, you seemed to be hopeful even though not fully satisfied with Jello. What’s your view today ? Do you see it fit to work with Outlook 2003 ?
Another software that I use can easily be setup for GTD implementation. But a fully compatible Outlook version of it is still in the making. It is called Personal Brain.
Thanks for your comments.
December 8th, 2009 at 1:00 pm