Task Buckets and Views in KarmaAxis
The Task Section in KarmaAxis is designed to help you manage your workload effortlessly, whether you're tracking your own tasks, overseeing a team, or collaborating with others. To make navigation and prioritization intuitive, KarmaAxis organizes tasks into Task Buckets and provides flexible View By options and Visual Layout Modes.
Task Buckets:
1. My Tasks
- What it shows: All tasks assigned to you.
- When to use: Use this to plan your day or week and manage what’s on your plate.
- Key Features:
- Organized by urgency: Overdue, Due Soon, etc.
- Quick Add Task available when viewing by Heading, letting you instantly add new tasks under specific categories.
2. Delegated Tasks
- What it shows: Tasks that you have assigned to others.
- When to use: Ideal for team leads or anyone delegating work. Use this when you want to monitor the tasks you have assigned to other team members and ensure deadlines are being met.
- Key Features:
- Tracks who’s responsible and their task statuses.
- Quick Add Task available when viewing by Assigned To.
3. Co-act Tasks
- What it shows: Tasks where you are a Co-Actor, i.e., collaborating without being the main assignee.
- When to use: Stay informed and contribute effectively to shared work.
- Key Features:
- Displays all tasks where you support someone else.
- Shows collaborators and your role clearly.
4. Team Tasks
- What it shows: Displays all tasks that belong to your team, providing an overview of all ongoing work.
- When to use: Great for team managers or anyone wanting a bird’s-eye view of ongoing work or ensure no task is falling behind.
- Key Features:
- Tasks grouped by team member.
- Quick Add Task available by Assigned To for easy delegation.
5. All Tasks
- What it shows: Provides an overview of all tasks associated with you, whether they are assigned to you, delegated by you, or you are a Co-Actor.
- When to Use: This is useful when you want a comprehensive overview of all tasks, ensuring nothing is overlooked. Perfect for full oversight or audits.
- Key Features:
- Flexible sorting and organizing to scan everything in one place.
6. Done Tasks
- What it shows: Shows all tasks that have been completed.
- When to Use: This is perfect for reviewing past tasks, reporting progress, or checking the completion rate of tasks.
- Key Features: Helps understand past workload and performance.
Organize By (View By Options)
These options help you rearrange how tasks are displayed inside a bucket. They act like perspectives.
1. Assigned To
- Description: Group tasks based on the person responsible for them.
- Use: Helpful for checking tasks you have assigned to others or tasks that are assigned to a specific team member.
2. Assigned By
- Description: Show tasks that were assigned by a specific person.
- Use: Useful when you want to see tasks assigned by a particular manager or colleague.
3. Date
- Description: Group tasks by their due date.
- Use: This is ideal for prioritizing tasks based on approaching deadlines.
4. Karma
- Description: Group tasks related to specific Karmas.
- Use: Useful for checking task progress related to a particular process, form or initiative.
5. Contact
- Description: Display tasks that are linked to specific contacts or clients.
- Use: Helpful for managing client-related tasks and ensuring all deliverables are met.
6. Status
- Description: Group tasks by their current status (e.g., to-do, stuck, doing, done).
- Use: Great for quickly locating blocked tasks or tasks in progress to resolve issues or monitor workload.
Visual Layout Modes
These define how your tasks are visually displayed on the screen. Switch between them depending on how you like to work:
1. List Mode
Clean, vertical layout for a structured, traditional task list view.
Ideal for quick scanning and bulk updates.
2. Board Mode
A Kanban-style board that organizes tasks in columns (e.g., To-Do, In Progress, Done).
Drag-and-drop functionality for stage updates.
Summary:
- My Tasks: See tasks assigned to you.
- *Delegated Tasks *: Monitor tasks you’ve assigned to others.
- Co-act Tasks: See tasks where you are a collaborator.
- Team Tasks: Get an overview of team tasks and individual member responsibilities.
- All Tasks: A complete list of all tasks you are involved in.
- Done Tasks: Review completed tasks.
Each bucket and view provides flexibility and ease in managing tasks, helping you focus on what’s important, whether it’s upcoming deadlines, stuck tasks, or team progress.