Hi All -

I've come to realize - on yet another revamping of a Mission/Goals - GTD system that hasn't worked - that for me, the definitions and distinctions across various levels of Mission, Goals and Projects are absolutely critical. The purpose, structure and description of each (for me) need to be absolutely clear, otherwise - well, otherwise my carefully thought out system fails again.

For example - from GtD, I see that projects should have
Description (using active verbs)
Successful Outcomes
Dependancies and Resources

Yet it seems to me like that should be the structure of a Goal, not a Project.

Can anyone provide a succinct description of their mission, goal and project constructs? For example: Goals might include a SMART section (specific, measurable, actionable, r-somethingable, and timely); they might be a future statement (I have, I am, etc) using a definitive verb, etc.

Projects may have it's own set of verbs (as might NextActions) that describe the specific activities of the projects (or the specific physical actions of the NextAction)

TIA
Ed