Practice · module 39 of 100
Creating to-do lists and action lists
Turn a goal or brainstorm into concrete, actionable steps.
After this lesson
You ask for an action list with owner, deadline, and checkpoint.
In view · Step by step
From broad goal to actionable task
Describe what must be completed and within which boundaries.
Have the task broken down into concrete, actionable steps.
Choose an owner and realistic planning for each action yourself.
Part 1 of 3 · The goal
Your preference for less movement is on. Choose each part yourself.
From goal to steps
Ask for small, concrete actions instead of large goals.
Add responsibility
Who does what and when?
Make it verifiable
Ask for a way to see if the step is complete.
New practice example
From explanation to a usable result.
A good action list makes a task small and shows who checks what before it is finished.
Fictional practice situationA fictitious reading club wants to organise a meeting. Sam is making the invitation. The room still needs to be confirmed. No one has taken responsibility for the registrations.
View a possible solution
This is how it can be done
Create three actions: draft invitation, owner Sam; confirm venue, owner TBD; follow up on registrations, owner TBD. An invitation is ready when the confirmed location and time are correctly included.
Why this works
A task name alone does not say when something is finished. A control criterion helps to self-assign without missing responsibilities.
Make it slightly more difficult
Split “organising a meeting” into five actionable steps and note for each step what evidence shows it is ready.
Extra practice, at your own pace. You do not need to submit anything. This does not count towards an automatic assessment.
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Make something. See what changes.
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Why this approach works
A task name alone does not say when something is finished. A control criterion helps to self-assign without missing responsibilities.
A step further
Split “organising a meeting” into five actionable steps and note for each step what evidence shows it is ready.
Try & discover · no obligation
Organise meeting notes
Categorise the notes as decision, action or open question. Make missing owners and deadlines visible.
The notes below come from one fictional meeting. Choose what was actually decided, who is going to do something and what is still a question.
- Decisions
- 0
- Actions
- 0
- Open questions
- 0
Action list based on your layout
Choose “Action” for a note to fill the action list.
A missing deadline remains “To be determined”. A neat table is no reason to invent one yourself.
This trial works locally with fictitious data and does not count towards your lesson completion. It starts anew with a new lesson or reload.
A prompt to get you started
Turn this goal into an action list of maximum 6 steps. For each step, provide: action, who, when, and how you know it is finished. Goal: [goal].
Apply it
For a small workshop, a room, an invitation, and a check of the equipment are still missing.
Which approach best fits this situation?
- Create three concrete actions with status and owner and date yet to be confirmed.
- Only create a list with the words room, invitation, and equipment.
- Invent names and dates so that the planning looks complete.
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Test your insight
What makes a AI action list useful?
- As many steps as possible.
- Concrete actions with owner, time, and a way to check if it is finished.
- Only large goals.
Extra practice
Choose a small goal and write the prompt you would use to turn it into an action list.
Goal: organising an internal AI workshop. Prompt asks for 5 steps with owner, date, and checkpoint.
