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Guidelines for Listing Tasks

When producing a task list, here are eight guidelines that will be helpful for the design team to follow.

Action Verbs allocate load arrange log calibrate measure change monitor cite[*] notify clean organize collect reassemble count recall[*] define[*] remove diagnose replace disconnect request enter rewire extract start hold write[*] interpret[*]   [*] Verbs especially appropriate for knowledge-oriented tasks.

1. Begin each task with an action verb. The job task selected for analysis and each task in the task list should begin with a word that identifies the specific behavior or action to be accomplished. Avoid ambiguous or “fuzzy” verbs and phrases that don’t precisely describe the work to be done. When listing knowledge-oriented tasks, teams ...