Keep the sources together
Research, selected files and generated outputs stay connected to the work.
General MMT · MMT Orbit
Give scattered work a clear next step.
Bring your goal, what you know and what is getting in the way. MMT connects research, files, decisions and results in one work record, so you can see what comes next and why.
Where does your work begin?
Describe your situation; use the examples for inspiration.
Illustrative example · no work is started
Compare options
- What you bring
- Your options, offers or decision criteria.
- Work to develop
- Sourced information, costs, dependencies and unknowns are considered together.
- Your decision
- Which criteria matter most in your circumstances.
- Output to keep
- A comparison with visible evidence and open questions.
Keep the context
Return to the work with its context intact.
Find the files you used, why an option was set aside and which decision is still open in the same work. Record the outcome and continue from the relevant step when new information arrives.
Keep the reason behind a decision
See what was selected, what is pending and which information could change the decision.
Distinguish a plan from its outcome
Record a prepared step, an executed action and an observed result separately.
Continue with new information
Return to unfinished work and add changing conditions and outcomes to its context.
One general system, depth for the work
Start in the language of your work.
The main workspace
General MMT
A personal goal, business problem or institutional task. Research options around your resources, time and constraints, then keep the decision and next step in the same work.
How does General MMT work?The scientific specialist workspace
Academia
From an idea or dataset to unfinished analysis, a manuscript or reviewer feedback. Keep the question, sources, method, calculation and interpretation connected.
Find my research starting pointWork you can inspect and steer.
Inspect the sources and available computation outputs. Make critical decisions in your workspace. Record replies needed from people and physical steps in your work; use the observed outcome you report to inform the next step.
Start from where you are.
You do not need to begin by selecting a model or tool. Describe your work in your own words.
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