▁increase ▁product ivity . ▁A ▁time ▁management ▁system ▁autom ates ▁processes , ▁which ▁elimin ates ▁paper ▁work ▁and ▁ted ious ▁tasks . ▁ ▁GT D ▁( Get ting ▁Things ▁Done ) ▁Getting ▁Things ▁Done ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁David ▁Allen . ▁The ▁basic ▁idea ▁behind ▁this ▁method ▁is ▁to ▁finish ▁all ▁the ▁small ▁tasks ▁immediately ▁and ▁a ▁big ▁task ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁smaller ▁tasks ▁to ▁start ▁comple ting ▁now . ▁The ▁reasoning ▁behind ▁this ▁is ▁to ▁avoid ▁the ▁information ▁over load ▁or ▁" bra in ▁free ze " ▁which ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁occur ▁when ▁there ▁are ▁hundreds ▁of ▁tasks . ▁The ▁thrust ▁of ▁GT D ▁is ▁to ▁encou rage ▁the ▁user ▁to ▁get ▁their ▁tasks ▁and ▁ideas ▁out ▁and ▁on ▁paper ▁and ▁organized ▁as ▁quickly ▁as ▁possible ▁so ▁they ' re ▁easy ▁to ▁manage ▁and ▁see . ▁ ▁Pom od oro ▁Francesco ▁Cir illo ' s ▁" P om od oro ▁Te chni que " ▁was ▁originally ▁conce ived ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁gradually ▁ref ined ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁defined ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁The ▁technique ▁is ▁the ▁names ake ▁of ▁a ▁pom od oro ▁( Ital ian ▁for ▁tom ato ) ▁sh aped ▁kitchen ▁timer ▁initially ▁used ▁by ▁Cir illo ▁during ▁his ▁time ▁at ▁university . ▁The ▁" P om od oro " ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁the ▁fundamental ▁metric ▁of ▁time ▁within ▁the ▁technique ▁and ▁is ▁tradition ally ▁defined ▁as ▁being ▁ 3 0 ▁minutes ▁long , ▁consisting ▁of ▁ 2