We have been talking to a number of different artisans (plumber, electrician, carpenter/roofer) and we have some more to go (insulation expert for old houses, metalworker - to strengthen some beams, stone mason, septic tank, barn demolition).
From this we are trying to come up with a view what we will do to the house and how to go about it (what can we do ourselves, what order do things happen in, what do we need experts to do).
In parallel with this we have a lot we are trying to do now (get control of the grass, rid the house of vermin, plant some veg, acquire more animals, get health care, make the drive more usable, integrate by visiting people)
We found we were dotting around a lot and not finishing tasks because something else came up and we were having problems getting to our longer term goals.
So we decided to take some of what we learnt running IT projects and apply that (knew it would come in useful sometime)
It is work in progress at the moment, but we have introduced week long 'sprints', a morning 'stand up' meeting and 'retrosoectives'. You can see the concept here
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| The board |
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| Things waiting on the left - things in progress on the board |
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| Done items (filled in retrospectively) |
Scary - truly scary. And the weight of post-it notes! At least Poppy (who you get the same day last year that I got my car) might scare the vermin.
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