How to put things in order in business and work: LeaderTask

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Every person at least once in his life caught himself thinking that his life often resembles refined chaos. I do not have time for anything, I confuse everything, I forget important things, I cannot concentrate. The GTD philosophy tells us clearly and understandably: if you want order in your head and affairs, start an organizer. The pen and notebook are no longer relevant, and the development of digital technologies has spawned a bunch of highly specialized services. Shopping lists, todo managers, reminders - such a variety can actually play not in a person's favor. Now you will be confused not in the cases, but in the applications in which these cases are recorded. The way out of this situation will be the installation of a universal assistant that is suitable for everything and is available everywhere. Today we will tell you about such an organizer called LeaderTask.

So, LeaderTask is a multi-platform organizer with the ability to synchronize data between multiple devices. Obviously, keeping all your affairs in one big list is not a good idea. Here, the concept of projects is used to separate tasks. This approach allows you to use the service for any task.

For example, we create a project "Shopping List" and keep within it our needs for food and other benefits. The desktop client is very convenient for entering data due to the fact that it uses drag & drop by 110%. We just drive the task in a single workspace, and then drag it into the desired project with the mouse.

To bind a task to a date and a specific time, there is no need to go somewhere. We drag the same task with the mouse onto the calendar and "drop" it on the required date.

Is it important to do something by the agreed time? We take the task with the mouse and drop it at the desired hour in the field on the right.

Now you can take a smartphone with the LeaderTask mobile application and purchase goods according to the list.

We create a project "Work", and we have a full-fledged tool for organizing work processes. In this format, limiting ourselves to a simple "drove the task -> threw it into the project" becomes not very effective, and the "Properties" tool comes to the rescue.

Each task can be weighted with additional parameters, including color highlighting (convenient for prioritization), necessary text comments and explanations, and, if desired, attach a file.

In this case, the sequence of tasks is determined by the user. If you don't want to use colors, just move the highest priority tasks to the top of the list.

The issue of fixing complex tasks consisting of several actions is solved by adding several subtasks to a large task. We still drive these mini-tasks into the general input field, and then drag them to the parent task with the mouse.

Now about scalability. When you use a business license, LeaderTask turns into a fancy collaboration tool. Let's say that we are the head of the iOS development department and we have many tasks for our subordinates. All you need to do is add employees to the system, and then use the appropriate button to delegate the task to the right people. In fact, in this format LeaderTask can already be compared with such things as Basecamp and Teamlab.

For a better understanding of the process of working with tasks and the service as a whole, it is best to watch the video. Everything is clearly explained there:

Finally, you need to talk about prices. They are far from budget, and a standard license (perpetual), which does not include collaboration, will cost 990 rubles. However, if you have 45 trial days, everyone will be able to thoroughly test the service and determine the feasibility of buying it.

In general, LeaderTask is seen as a reliable assistant in the optimization and systematization of daily activities: both work and personal, and judging by the service clients indicated on the developer's website, this organizer takes root well in large companies.