As I was writing this post, I had to ask my dad where he learned about a NIT. Unfortunately he couldn’t remember. He thinks it came from his days in the Army, but he’s not really sure. When I looked it up on Google, it seems like a nit is a type of head lice. Anyway for the sake of this post, a NIT is a single action that must be completed.
How is a NIT different from a task? Well, most tasks are part of a large project. Here you have to complete a step in order to work on the next one. With a NIT you only have to do one thing to cross it off your to-do list.