David Allen

Category: person

Summary: Author associated with Getting Things Done, a task and capture system often used alongside PKM.

Tags: people, tasks

What it means

David Allen is relevant because PKM often fails when reference material and commitments are mixed together. GTD clarifies capture, next actions, projects, and review habits.

How it shows up in personal knowledge management

This page connects to gtd, next-actions, trusted-system, weekly-review, and task-management. It helps separate knowledge work from commitment tracking.

Common mistakes

• Using notes as a hidden to-do list.
• Capturing tasks without clarifying next actions.

Related pages

• gtd
• next-actions
• trusted-system
• weekly-review
• task-management

Mentioned in

• — from GTD
• — from Weekly review