> Not sure how child tasks should be handled TBH. To me child tasks are self-evident. Which is that when you add a task to something that is in one of the board lists on a board, it self-evidently keeps both the Board and the List that has focus i.e. it's 'parent' - if there is a parent as such that is.
One problem with MLO is that this is not true in MLO. i.e. From what I can see, the only properties a new Task in MLO inherits are: A) The position in the folder(s) B) Any Context tags of any parent task C) The Hide "Branch in to do" status of any parent task To get clear, in MLO if you try an use something like Flag to control something like 'actionable status' or 'Area of Responsibility', every single time that you create a new task, you need to manually set it's flag. And this needs to be done for each and every new task. And this soon becomes painful. Conclusion Come on MLO - bring on the boards! J On 16 November 2016 at 19:14, Richard C <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure how child tasks should be handled TBH. > > But I have just noticed that in addition to custom fields, Asana have > now added boards: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ > alexkonrad/2016/11/15/asana-moves-into-trello-turf-with- > boards/#5f48535353b9 > > It is what people are looking for (and IME experience using Trello, they > are very helpful in visualising your work) > > And boards are definitely part of Kanban (but there is a lot more to it - > although I am not an expert) > > Richard > > On Wednesday, 16 November 2016 15:08:46 UTC, John . Smith wrote: >> >> Is your thinking to use the different lists for different 'actionable >> statuses'? >> i.e. Is your thinking to facilitate a dead-easy movement of tasks between >> different statuses? >> >> And would new child tasks added to a parent task that is in any given >> list, inherit the same list as the parent task? >> >> If so then I would ABSOLUTELY agree! >> >> J >> >> >> PS Btw, is this the same thing as a Kanban method/view? >> >> >> >> On 16 November 2016 at 14:38, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have long been arguing in the beta group for a List capability like >>> Trello. >>> >>> The combination of a hierarchical task list and lists would be a killer >>> USP in my view. >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> On 2016-11-16 12:59, John . Smith wrote: >>> >>>> For me quick informal hierarchies are crucial. >>>> >>>> Only today I added three thank-you letters that I need to write. And >>>> in MLO it was really nice to be able to, having entered each of them >>>> as a standalone task to quickly group them into "WRITE LETTERS" (I >>>> tend to use caps when something has children) in a matter of seconds. >>>> >>>> GTDNext allows for something similar although it has no mobile phone >>>> app and after a blazing start about 18 months ago, it seems to have >>>> lost development momentum. >>>> >>>> What drives me nuts about MLO however is the lack of a field for >>>> "actionable status". (Do ASAP, Someday, Maybe, Waiting, Soon, Later, >>>> etc). [Hence this thread!] >>>> >>>> Meanwhile, I have been having another look at Trello for using with >>>> the GTD-like method. With Trello you can set up a different List (of >>>> Cards) for each "actionable status" and because of the way lists are >>>> laid out vertically beside each other (i.e. Kanban system?), it's then >>>> trivially easy to move stuff between Lists of Cards. I haven't quite >>>> worked out how to do thing like Next [n] Tasks per Project... Nor how >>>> to create 'focus-on-this-today'... >>>> >>>> On Monday, November 14, 2016 at 8:34:17 AM UTC, Adam Byers wrote: >>>> >>>> John, >>>>> >>>>> It's interesting you bring up the pedantic nature of IQTell. I am >>>>> encountering the same limitations now that I've been trying it for a >>>>> few days. I was excited about the tight integration with email, and >>>>> cloud based services, but it is rather rigid. One of the things I >>>>> love about MLO is the hierarchical structure it has. I have been >>>>> looking for the past few years for a software program that supports >>>>> this. I used to really love using Todomatrix on the Blackberry >>>>> because of this feature. I think my brain works in this manner for >>>>> sure. For me, the ability to see all of my projects and the related >>>>> tasks that are required to complete them from a top down perspective >>>>> is paramount. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 5:44:12 AM UTC-7, John . Smith >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I used to think the lack of a mobile app was a deal-breaker, but >>>>>> personally I am so intensely dissatisfied with all the task major >>>>>> management systems available (and I have asked around and tried >>>>>> all the leading tools) that I would now settle for anything that >>>>>> runs on Windows 10 , yes even stand alone software. That said, >>>>>> the obvious way forward nowadays would be to have a web >>>>>> application that is customised to work reasonably well on a mobile >>>>>> interface. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, I tried IQTell but found it rather pedantic. I particularly >>>>>> dislike the fact that as far as I could tell it forces you to >>>>>> decide whether something is a project or a standalone task right >>>>>> from the start (i.e. there is no easy say to move between a >>>>>> Project and multi-part task and a standalone task). As such this >>>>>> simply isn't how the human brain works. 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