I prefer checklists. With a checklist, I can mark my progress as I go through the motions and, more importantly, interrupt the work even for several days, before I pick it up again. Checklists are much, much easier to adapt. They can also hold more information than progress indication, like important outputs of the procedure that need to be used somewhere else later, etc. They can be archived in case I need to understand how I did it on that particular occasion one year ago.
Google Docs added checklist a while ago and I think they are very handy. And very KISS.
I prefer checklists. With a checklist, I can mark my progress as I go through the motions and, more importantly, interrupt the work even for several days, before I pick it up again. Checklists are much, much easier to adapt. They can also hold more information than progress indication, like important outputs of the procedure that need to be used somewhere else later, etc. They can be archived in case I need to understand how I did it on that particular occasion one year ago.
Google Docs added checklist a while ago and I think they are very handy. And very KISS.