How to use Task Board as a task management tool? Sticky notes – different colors and shapes.Size of board – 4-5 feet long and 3-4 feet tall.An easily accessible board/wall – permanent and available for the whole team to see.What do you need to start using Task Board? It’s easy and cheap! You can more easily control your work load.There is satisfaction in seeing your tasks progress.The team gets more efficient and focused.It is available for the whole team to use.The board gives you a good overview of your project.This is a commonly used tool in Agile software development and is equally powerful within any project. Well, that was the inevitable pattern until… I discovered Task Board as a task management tool. And then the inevitable happens: In frustration, I quit using it. As the spread sheets become more and more complicated, I eventually spend more time figuring out how to make them easier to understand than any benefit I can actually derive. The tasks with highest priority disappear out of sight and the tasks I have yet to start become indistinguishable from tasks in progress. While useful in the short-term, all of these methods resulted in the same problem: over time the prioritization, triage, and urgency are first mixed, and then lost. I’ve also used an occasional To-Do list in my calendar and spread sheets as well.
How do you keep track of tasks you and others are working on? For research projects and other projects I have repeatedly used simple lists (often in tables) as a task management tool.
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