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The Pomodoro Technique
“Take your day back”
Bent Jensen April 2011
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Why Pomodoro?
• Francesco Cirillo invented the technique when he was a young student in the 80ies
• He found it difficult to focus on reading.
• Challenged himself: Can I fokus just 25 minutes at the time?
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Can you use it?
• How often during a normal day do you experience being interrupted in your work?
– Never!– 1-5 times– 5-10 times– 10-25 times– More than 25
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Can you use it?
• When starting a larger, difficult task do you experience it is difficult to get started?
– Never– Some times– Often– Every time
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Can you use it?
• Do you experience that meetings lack focus and run over time?
– Never– Some times– Often– Always
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Agile development and productivity
• Agile development protects the teams productivity by:
– Timeboxing most meetings– Close for new requirements and changes during the
Sprint– Ensure that no-one goes for more than a day without
help.
• But what about the individual?
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Two cycles
• 24 hrs inner cycle• Outer cycle of not
more than 2 weeks
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Makers time / managers time
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Threaths against personal productivity
• The colocated team and high level of collaboration has some down-sides:
– Constant interruptions– Involuntary involvement in discussions– Difficult to find time to deal with the”Big ones”
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Cost of interruptions
• A study says it consumes on average 28% of a knowledge -workers day*
• May even be more when we consider intensive work like software development and -testing
• A metaphor is that the brain is like a workbench where work is cheap but access to the attached storage is very expensive
* "The Cost of Not Paying Attention: How Interruptions Impact Knowledge Worker Productivity," Jonathan B. Spira and Joshua B. Feintuch, Basex, 2005)
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Focus or Concentration
• Focus is necessary in much knowledge work• We need to be able to think and work with
symbols for relatively long periods• Other words– Flow– Be in the Zone
• Focus is fragile and is difficult to maintain
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Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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MotivationMotivation
Difficulty
Too easy Too difficult
Optimal difficulty
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Intrinsic motivation and rewards
• When do you feel you have accomplished something?
• Completing yet another Pomodoro creates a small intrinsic reward – even if the task is not fully completed
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Pomodoro and flow
• Establish the foundation for flow• Widen the range where flow can be
experienced• Create rewards for things that are not
candidates for flow-experiences
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Procrastination
• Tasks are too big, complex or difficult• We cannot get started
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LIFO
BDUF
Pomodoro
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The Pomodoro technique
• Accessories– Timer– Activity Inventory Sheet– To Do Today Sheet– Recording Sheet
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The Pomodoro Driven Day
WorkRecreation
Planning Recording and Improving
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Planning
Deadline Activity Inventory
Fix bug in translation engine
Work on proposal for automated testing
Introduce Andrew to the project
01 march Program new module to Charge Capture
Set up testing environment
Play Fussball against Matt
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Planning
To Do Today Pomorodos
interruptions
Fix bug in translation engine
Work on proposal for automated testing
Introduce Andrew to the project
Urgent and unplanned
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Planning
To Do Today Pomorodos
interruptions
2 Fix bug in translation engine
3 Work on proposal for automated testing
1 Introduce Andrew to the project
Urgent and unplanned
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Pomodoring
To Do Today Pomorodos
interruptions
Fix bug in translation engine
Work on proposal for automated testing
Introduce Andrew to the project 1
Urgent and unplanned
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Strategy for internal interruptions
• Observe, Accept, Plan or Remove• In practice– Find out what it is and accept it– Add to urgent and unplanned or inventory– Re-focus– Re-plan after the pomodoro
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Strategy for external interruptions
• Inform – I'm in the middle of something• Negotiate – is it OK if I come back to you on
Friday?• Schedule – I write the title of the activity down
and later on, I plan it for a future Pomodoro• Call back – I do call back as I have promised,
otherwise I will not be entrusted with this responsibility anymore
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Pomodoring
To Do Today Pomorodos
interruptions
Fix bug in translation engine
Work on proposal for automated testing 1 /
Introduce Andrew to the project 1
Urgent and unplanned
Help Sarah set up test environment
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Pomodoring
To Do Today Pomorodos
interruptions
Fix bug in translation engine
Work on proposal for automated testing 1 -
Introduce Andrew to the project 1
Urgent and unplanned
Help Sarah set up test environment
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Pomodoring
To Do Today Pomorodos
interruptions
Fix bug in translation engine
Work on proposal for automated testing 1 -
Introduce Andrew to the project 1
Urgent and unplanned
Help Sarah set up test environment 1 ‘
Order tickets to Heavy Metal concert
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Pomodoring
To Do Today Pomorodos
interruptions
Fix bug in translation engine
Work on proposal for automated testing 2 -
Introduce Andrew to the project 1
Urgent and unplanned
Help Sarah set up test environment 1 ‘
Order tickets to Heavy Metal concert
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Pomodoring
To Do Today Pomorodos
interruptions
Fix bug in translation engine 1
Work on proposal for automated testing 2 -
Introduce Andrew to the project 1
Urgent and unplanned
Help Sarah set up test environment 1 ‘
Order tickets to Heavy Metal concert
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Pomodoring
To Do Today Pomorodos
interruptions
Fix bug in translation engine 2
Work on proposal for automated testing 2 -
Introduce Andrew to the project 1
Urgent and unplanned
Help Sarah set up test environment 1 ‘
Order tickets to Heavy Metal concert
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Recording, reflecting
date To Do Today Ps Type internal
external
09 feb 09
Fix bug in translation engine 2 Programming
09 feb 09
Work on proposal for automated testing
2 writing 1
09 feb 09
Introduce Andrew to the project 1 Coaching
09 feb 09
Help Sarah set up test environment
1 Coaching 1
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Visualizing
01-feb 02-feb 03-feb 04-feb 05-feb0
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3
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7
8
9
10
Pomodoros
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The Pomodoro Rhythm
+5 m +5 m +5 m +20-30 m
+5 m +5 m +5 m +20-30 m
+5 m +5 m +5 m +20-30 m
+5 m +5 m +5 m +20-30 m
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Rules
• The Pomodoro is indivisible
• Choices– If there is 5-15 minutes left: Overlearn– If you have to do something else: Void it
Always remember: The next Pomodoro will go better!
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Rules
• If an activity is larger then approx. 7 Pomodoros – break it into smaller pieces
• If an activity is less than a Pomodoro group it with other small activities
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Rules
• The Break is a Break– Not an opportunity to do other work
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Benefits of Pomodoro
Overview:Planning in the start of the daySmall “guilt-free” breaks along the dayMotivation for routine tasks. Finishing a
Pomodoro is a reward in itselfA way to handle procrastination: Wind up the
clock and get startedA strategy for handling interruptionsA tool for continous improvement
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APPLICATIONS
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Pair Pomodoro
• Control start and stop of focused activity
• Review progress and strategy every 25 mins
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Meeting podoro
• Agenda with duration in Pomodoros
• Prevent drifting or long-winded talking
• Necessary breaks to clear mind (and empty bladder)
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Team Pomodoro
• Interruptions at controlled times
• Trying once more• Protocol for what
can interrupt an pomodoro
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What timer?
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Resources
http://blog.staffannoteberg.com/
http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
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