[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":30},["ShallowReactive",2],{"help-route-en-US-when-to-continue-or-start-a-new-task":3},{"kind":4,"detail":5},"article",{"path":6,"categoryPath":7,"categoryTitle":8,"title":9,"summary":10,"seoTitle":9,"seoDescription":10,"backLabel":11,"content":12,"relatedArticles":13,"htmlLang":29},"when-to-continue-or-start-a-new-task","get-started-with-musework","Get started with MuseWork","When should I continue a task or start a new one?","Decide based on whether the new request shares the same objective, context, materials, and deliverable.","Back to Get started with MuseWork","# When should I continue a task or start a new one?\n\nWhether to continue an existing task depends mainly on whether the new request still supports the original goal.\n\n## When should you continue the current task?\n\nContinue when the new request supplements, revises, or extends the existing work, such as:\n\n- Adding new material or data.\n- Revising part of the content, tone, or structure.\n- Changing the language, length, or delivery format.\n- Improving the result after feedback.\n- Creating a later version for the same project.\n- Completing the next step toward the same goal.\n\nContinuing preserves the existing context, files, and revision history.\n\n## When should you start a new task?\n\nCreate a new task when the request has become a separate piece of work, such as when:\n\n- The final objective changes completely.\n- The audience or use case is entirely different.\n- A separate set of source materials is required.\n- The original task is finished and the new work is unrelated to its result.\n- The two pieces of work need separate tracking.\n- Combining them would confuse requirements or versions.\n\nFor example, turning a competitive analysis into an executive summary can stay in the same task. Creating a launch plan for another product should be a new task.\n\n## A quick decision method\n\nAsk:\n\n1. Does the new request serve the same final objective?\n2. Are the existing materials and context still applicable?\n\nIf both answers are mostly yes, continue. If they are mostly no, start a new task.\n\n## How should you continue an existing task?\n\nState its relationship to the previous result.\n\n> Continue from the previous report and condense it into a 10-slide presentation. Keep the existing data and conclusions.\n\n## What should you do in a new task?\n\nRestate the current objective and essential information. If you need a specific result from an older task, upload it or identify it clearly so it can be referenced accurately.\n",[14,17,20,23,26],{"path":15,"categoryPath":7,"title":16},"how-to-adjust-a-task-that-is-off-track","How can I adjust a task that is off track?",{"path":18,"categoryPath":7,"title":19},"how-to-revise-existing-results","How can I revise existing results?",{"path":21,"categoryPath":7,"title":22},"how-to-limit-changes-to-specific-content","How can I ask MuseWork to change only specific content?",{"path":24,"categoryPath":7,"title":25},"how-to-answer-musework-questions","How should I answer when MuseWork asks me questions?",{"path":27,"categoryPath":7,"title":28},"how-to-view-download-and-use-task-results","How can I view, download, and use task results?","en-US",1792589053717]