Project Task Dashboard Widget

Jeff Denton

Apr 9, 2007 by Jeff

4 comments
Development Progress, Features, News

Most of the features in CPO are built as I need them.  The discomfort with my current work process becomes too great so I sit down and build something to make my life incrementally better.  Same goes for the new CPO task widget.  No doubt you dislike creating daily/weekly task lists from memory as much as I do.  Heck, I CAN'T create task lists from memory anymore...who am I kidding.  

The task widget is designed to show you a two to three week snapshot of your project obligations in one neat little window right on the CreativePro Office dashboard. To use it, start by selecting Tasks from the Widget Menu.

Select task widget

If you have any projects with associated tasks, your widget should look like this...

Task widget

Clicking the task counter link on the right opens a panel to reveal the outstanding taks for that project...

Showing tasks
 
One of my goals for the task widget was to keep things simple and avoid cluttering the dashboard with lots of useless information. So, the widget only displays tasks that are overdue, due in the next 2 weeks or scheduled to start in the next week.  Ideally, the task widget will only show a small window of project responsibilities so you can focus on what's important.

Discussion: 4 comments

Pali Madra

Pali Madra

Apr 18, 2007
I must congratulate you on the service that you have built. I believe Project Management vertical has great potential as the ones that are available are complex and not easy to understand. I found CreativePro Office's navigation easy and most of the things are easy to understand. I will be testing the software and will provide feedback whenever there is a need. Keep up the good work.
Jeff

Jeff

Apr 18, 2007
Thanks for the kind words, Pali. As you no doubt noticed, there's still a fair amount of work to be done but I'm happy to hear CPO is working for you so far. Thanks also for the offer to test...I'll probably take you up on that offer in the near future.
Laurent

Laurent

Jun 22, 2007
It doesn't work. I have 3 projects and many tasks but the task widget is still empty...
Jeff

Jeff

Jul 3, 2007
Hi Laurent,

This bug has been fixed. Thanks for letting me know.

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