You are not alone! I have had an experience with a few colleagues who just stare blankly at the chalkboard/screen/paper in front of them or would have trouble contributing until I started to get the ball rolling.
If you haven't learned what a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is, that might help you! My process is not explicitly as described by most WBS guides, such as this "WBS For Dummies" but my thought process is the same in many ways.
If I'm "done" doing a work breakdown but one of my tasks still looks like it might take a day or more to complete, I flag it as something that I need to think about and break down further.
Edit: I also use Trello during this process. It works for me but not everyone, but it's a very flexible free tool that provide "cards" and I find it very analogous to the old-fashioned "Sticky Notes on a whiteboard" or "index cards on a table"
You are not alone! I have had an experience with a few colleagues who just stare blankly at the chalkboard/screen/paper in front of them or would have trouble contributing until I started to get the ball rolling.
If you haven't learned what a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is, that might help you! My process is not explicitly as described by most WBS guides, such as this "WBS For Dummies" but my thought process is the same in many ways.
If I'm "done" doing a work breakdown but one of my tasks still looks like it might take a day or more to complete, I flag it as something that I need to think about and break down further.
Edit: I also use Trello during this process. It works for me but not everyone, but it's a very flexible free tool that provide "cards" and I find it very analogous to the old-fashioned "Sticky Notes on a whiteboard" or "index cards on a table"
Thanks! I'm trying it, at my best _^