Outline for background and 101 on the pomodoro technique

pomodoro_lightning_talk.md

Where are the Tomatoes? Pomodoro Unpacked

10/19/16

Intro

• Personal curiosity about the mysterious “pomodoro”

Background

• Francesco Cirillo in the 1980’s
• Tomato timer
• “timeboxing” and “iterative and incremental development”
• Task size and Parkinson’s law: “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”

The Basics

• Select tasks or tasks
• Work for 25 minutes on timer
• Check mark somewhere
• 5 minute break
• 25 + 5 section = 1 pomodoro
• Every 4 pomodoros, take a 15-30 minute break and reset checks to 0.

Objectives

1. Keep track of check marks to review pomodoros required for whole task.
2. Cut down interruptions
   • Inform, Negotiate, Schedule, Call back
3. Estimate future tasks based on trends
4. Add structure to Pomodoro
5. Proactively set pomodoros in timeline

Closing

o 6. Choose your own objective!

• “PoMYdoro”