Goal & Task Tags

You can learn how to use goal and task tags here.

Tags are a simple and easy way to categorize and organize tasks and goals in your own way. According to wikipedia, "In information systems, a tag is a keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, multimedia, database record, or computer file). This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are generally chosen informally and personally by the item's creator or by its viewer, depending on the system, although they may also be chosen from a controlled vocabulary".

Because tasks and goals can only have a single status, owner and board (in the case of tasks), tags provide an additional dimension to search and identify themes and projects and track specific goals and tasks within waymaker.

Tags are completely customisable and unlimited so you can create as many tags as you need. You can add one tag or many to a single task or goal, run searches and sort on them using the task and goal filter sets. And because tags are so flexible you can use them however suits you and the team best.

If your business is running strategic projects using Waymaker's task boards, tags are a great way to cut through the noise of what is going on. Where several stakeholders are using different boards, you can go to task list view and filter by tag. This will give you an overview of the project, who is working on what and the progress being made.

If the business has come up with a theme around strategic goals and you manage multiple teams, ask your teams to add a tag with the theme title to get a quick overview of the goals that relate to each theme.

And for time management, why not add tags with time estimates to complete the task? Add the tag "10min" to tasks that you estimate will only take 15 minutes. The next tine you are between meetings and only have 10 minutes, search for the 10min tag and choose a task to complete, you could use a similar process to prioritise your tasks. You could even combine the 2… how efficient are you!

Tagging in a task management system is really easy. Even if you don't need it nor like it, let your team use tags. It will help them in their work. They will save time on going through by simply typing the word or phrase in the tag's search window. And what follows is a huge productivity boost!