Why are large projects harder for people with ADHD?

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Lack of inherent structure, delivery dates that are further out, and large amounts of required coordination are all things that are difficult for people with ADHD.

Basically, anything relying on executive functioning (i.e. project management) is difficult for us. Ergo: big project = bigger challenges.

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YES! I love to go down the rabbit holes.

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ADHD usually impacts peoples ability to process/conceptualize events that happen way out in the future. I have to break long projects up into 6-8 week sprints or I’m toast.

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Trello helps me immensely with big projects. I have columns for due outs, project milestone dates, deliverables, questions for my SM
I keep notes about the project in my OneNote

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For me I think it’s less deadlines and forgetting tasks and more the content/context I miss because my brain doesn’t feel like reading through massive amounts of documentation

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I think because it is hard to pay attention to the deliverables over a long time when the project encompasses so much.

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