Vertical and horizontal project management

By the way, Allen calls projects not only some work projects, but in general any case, the implementation of which requires a certain amount of action. For example, “buy a bike for son” — is also the project because, for its implementation you will need to at least look on the internet a list of nearby shops, to estimate the amount you are willing to spend, to determine the parameters of the bicycle (color, etc. .). Here is such a small, but the project.

Vertical planning — this is the usual kind of planning when you define the desired result and the chain of actions that lead to it. For example, the “View online shopping — Go to the store site — Choose a model bicycle — buy online.” This is an example of vertical planning.

Horizontal plan — a plan in context. For example, you go for a walk around the city. And before that, you find all the things that you need to do from different projects, when you walk. These cases belong to different projects, but they should be done in the city. For example, “buy milk”, “buy the cream”, “pay on the loan,” “check your mailbox.”

Horizontal focus — this is when you clearly know what the next step you have to do in each of the projects. A good horizontal focus just struggling with stress.