Bet sizing question

[SeanC]

I'm reading NL HE Theory and Practice, and I understand the concept of maximizing EV when betting a hand you know to be best, but I was wondering if there's a simpler thought process that can be used at the table that the fully expanded process Sklansky gives? Sklansky's process is simple, but it can be hard to run through your head quickly.

By the way, the process covered by Sklansky is:

1. Put your opponent on a range of hands. Assign likelihoods for each holding.

2. Calculate EVs of various sized bets based on the chances of his various holdings. I'd start with big bets and move down on a standard list of something like overbets, pot-sized, 1/2 and 1/3.

3. Choose the bet with the highest EV.

This process makes perfect sense theoretically, but isn't it a bit cumbersome to apply at the table?