GTD XMind template
Posted on March 29th, 2011 in Featured, XMind Basic | 17 Comments »
Today, we’re glad to share a special GTD template created by Mr. Adnan Adam Onart, working at Boston University.
The template is composed with 6 sheets which are linked with each other. Mr. Adnan also shares with us why he made this template,
GTD or Getting Things Done, the action management method, invented by David Allen, has a large following world wide. The applications for implementing it abound: From tiddlywiki’s to thick client softwares. You can also see many versions of its workflow in print or on the WEB. The advantage of using XMind for GTD is the combination of the workflow operations with its pictorial representations. The direct manipulation of the tasks on the screen creates some intuitiveness which is not easy to come buy with flat or hierarchical list system. I wish to keep the design of the map simple, free from unnecessary icons or markers. But this template comes to you as Version 0.3. As I’ll start using it, I may be adding new features or making improvements. I’ll be happy if I could also have your feedback and suggestions for future evolution.
If you’re interested, please download GTD.xmt. After downloading it, you can directly double-click and open it with XMind, Or open it from menu, ”File — New — New from Template…” and select this template.
17 Responses
I’ve been working in .mm files for a few years as I found the it better for speed and scale however since recently gave up OS X in favor of Linux KDE.
FreeMind maps are useful ugly and don’t embed images/attachments, record audio on nodes or have a presentation mode.
It’s great that XMind is open source and not trying to lock us in a proprietary format. Being able to export as plain text and HTML is about open as it gets which is important when considering investing in a GTD system.
For a guy who has been managing lists with Emacs Org mode and projects in massive FreeMind files Mr. Adana’s template is refreshingly elegant and simple.
Also, the wife and I just got Galaxy Tabs and I’ve been using mind map app called Thinking Space that imports XMind.
As Merlin Mann and David Allen point out, it’s easy to get caught up in the GTD software features then eventually get in the way.
I’m looking forward to giving it a try and would like to find out more about Mr. Adnan’s progress.
Respectfully,
jason john wells
eTohgo.com
Apologies for my English
it seems that the link to download the template is broken…
can you please update?
thanks
I like that this template lays out the workflow for GTD and has a sheet for each context. After trying to use it, however, I have not found it very functional for workflow. I use Xmind a bit differently and it works pretty good.
First I use the brainstorm feature or a map Main Topic called Inbox for ideas/todos. Then I organize them into projects as nodes and children, and then use Markers and/or Labels for context and next action. I use “Other” markers for context, and I use the “Start” marker under the “Task Complete” set as the next action indicator. Then filtering by Marker is as easy as pie. I can select “Phone” marker and “Start” marker in the filter and see all the phone calls that are next actions.
Thanks for a great product, development team.
I also get an error when I try to download it.
hi, please try again.
hi David
In future, maybe you can share your designed template with others. 
Thank you very much for sharing your feeling and experience.
Sincerely!
Stephen
Hi,
I followed the link abd downloaded the zipped folder.
However the folder does not contain any .xmt files.
Am I missing something?
hi sir, what you download is a .xmt file. You can open it in your XMind.
Stephen,
thanks for the quick reply.
I still have the problem
when I click on the ling on the blog I am prompred to save a file called “GTD-03.zip”.
I do theat and then when I extract I see the following files and directory structure:
GTD-03
–> META-INF
–> manifest.xml
Thumbnails
–> thumbnail.jpg
context.xml
meta.xml
styles.xml
I however do not get a .xmt file
Is it possible that the link is pointing to the wrong file?
Mant Thanks
please modify the extension name to .xmt from .zip. It should be ok.
I do not know why this thing happen. Because what I download from that link is a .xmt file.
That did it.
thank you
This template is great!
However I have a bit of a challenge when I’m on the go. I’d like to open the GTD map in iThoughts on my iPad or iPhone. However: it opens the first sheet, but the links to the other sheets are inaccessible. How do I access the other sheets in ithoughts-apps? Can anyone help?
The link seems to be broken. Could it be updated?
thanks,
Steven
I tried several times downloading the GTD-File but got an error….
Broken link for xmt and zip extensions at
http://dl.xmind.org/files/GTD-0.3.xmt
I very much like this GTD map for xmind. I will certainly be using it and I will give you my ideas before too long. BTW, I have also got a lot of help from GON (get organised now). Maybe you know this smart girl who is developing GON – M. G.