The chart that follows\u2014the overall workflow\u2014looks complicated. But don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s simple to understand.<\/p>\n
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How to Use the Workflow<\/b><\/p>\n
As you can see, this is an e-mail to task<\/i> workflow. Why?\u00a0 Because in today\u2019s business world, most of our tasks arrive by e-mail. For many of us, 90 percent or more arrive that way.<\/p>\n
With that in mind, nearly everything starts in the upper-left corner of the chart with the arrival of a business e-mail with a potential action for you to do. The workflow ends with the e-mail possibly being moved to the Processed Mail folder in the bottom middle, and the option of an Outlook task being created in the lower right.<\/p>\n
Of course, some tasks do not arrive by e-mail. In that case you should start in the middle right of the workflow at the green box labeled \u201cTask DUE Today?\u201d<\/p>\n
Smaller Workflows in the Book<\/b><\/p>\n
This workflow is the high-level view. In the book (and in the video course<\/a>) I divide that workflow into a set of smaller work flows, making it even easier to understand. Still, you can get a lot out of the overall workflow shown above; just take it step by step.<\/p>\n Michael Linenberger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 17, 2013 At the end of Lesson 9 of the brand new edition of my new MYN-Outlook book, I now include a set of flow charts that summarize the entire MYN-Outlook workflow. If you are learning MYN, this is … Continue reading