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I think it would also be a good idea to be able to track your tasks and project progress in your calendarviews. So, if you look at the current week you also see when your tasks are due, running, or about to start. Maybe it would also be a great idea to be able to add project overviews where you see a timeline with all the tasks. | I think it would also be a good idea to be able to track your tasks and project progress in your calendarviews. So, if you look at the current week you also see when your tasks are due, running, or about to start. Maybe it would also be a great idea to be able to add project overviews where you see a timeline with all the tasks. | ||
Expanding on Roel's suggestion of projects. That could possibly be done with an expanded mail label system and [http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Thunderbird_:_FAQs_:_Message_Grouping message grouping] or by using calendar [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/requirements.html#categories categories]. Though for proper project management integration a more robust system might be better. | |||
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It would also be good to allow tasks/appointments to reference emails, allow creating a task/appointment from an email. See http://gtdsupport.netcentrics.com/tour/ for a good, low ceremony implementation of this. | It would also be good to allow tasks/appointments to reference emails, allow creating a task/appointment from an email. See http://gtdsupport.netcentrics.com/tour/ for a good, low ceremony implementation of this. | ||
Expanding on the above it only requires adding [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/images/sunbird-new-event.png "Defer"] and [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/images/sunbird-full-toolbar.png "New Task"] actions after the "Reply" "Reply all" "Forward" buttons to get task/appointment integration, which is already available. Task management will need to have allocation/delegation added at some point... The existing Forward window requires a "Add Reminder" (new task) checkbox for delegations. | Expanding on the above from Ed it only requires adding [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/images/sunbird-new-event.png "Defer"] and [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/images/sunbird-full-toolbar.png "New Task"] actions after the "Reply" "Reply all" "Forward" buttons to get task/appointment integration, ''which is already available''. However it would be usefull to either move such mails to a "Deferred" folder or puting the email contents into the task as a note or [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/requirements.html#associating associating], as appropiate. Task management will need to have allocation/delegation added at some point... The existing Forward window requires a "Add Reminder" (new task) checkbox for delegations. | ||
Revision as of 13:40, 15 January 2005
I would like to suggest that the Calendar:Lightning:Task management project enable users to not only create stand-alone tasks, but also allow users to create projects. As a result tasks could be assigned to specific projects. This would allow users to easily group and organize tasks.
I've spent the last nine months developing a web-based Project/Task tracking system. Based on my experiences and results I think you may be able to entice corporate users if you offer both Project and Task Tracking instead of just stand-alone tasks with the very-limited grouping functionality of Outlook.
I look forward to seeing the fruits of your labor!
Addition from Roel Meeuws:
I think it would also be a good idea to be able to track your tasks and project progress in your calendarviews. So, if you look at the current week you also see when your tasks are due, running, or about to start. Maybe it would also be a great idea to be able to add project overviews where you see a timeline with all the tasks.
Expanding on Roel's suggestion of projects. That could possibly be done with an expanded mail label system and message grouping or by using calendar categories. Though for proper project management integration a more robust system might be better.
Addition from Ed O'Loughlin:
It would also be good to allow tasks/appointments to reference emails, allow creating a task/appointment from an email. See http://gtdsupport.netcentrics.com/tour/ for a good, low ceremony implementation of this.
Expanding on the above from Ed it only requires adding "Defer" and "New Task" actions after the "Reply" "Reply all" "Forward" buttons to get task/appointment integration, which is already available. However it would be usefull to either move such mails to a "Deferred" folder or puting the email contents into the task as a note or associating, as appropiate. Task management will need to have allocation/delegation added at some point... The existing Forward window requires a "Add Reminder" (new task) checkbox for delegations.
