What do you use to manage single person projects / keep track of work?
I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep track of my own work. I've used pencil & paper, Evernote, text-files - but nothing gives me everything I'm looking for.
What's your preferred tool?
Trello
I am guilty of using text files too! Haha.
I quite like Apple Notes, because I use OSX and iOS. It's quick and simple, supports checklists - nice and easy.
I also like asana.com for bigger projects, it seems hard to use at first, but it's really good at keeping conversations in threads.
Asana here for to do lists and projects. Used to use Evernote for process lists but Asana now has template projects so you can create instances of a template now which is really handy.
I'm using Todoist. I create different projects, and within that project I have subcategories like Bugs, New features, Long Term Plans, Outreach, etc.
I'll jot down everything I think of, varying from wild ideas to well-defined features, or people I should contact to gain traction.
Once every while I'll go through the list and delete anything that isn't relevant anymore. It's quite simple, but works for me.
Notion.so => you will never look back!
Nice. This is pretty close to what I'm looking for.
I’ve been using ZenKit. Web app, iOS and OSX apps. I like the brainstorm/flowchart feature for figuring out the actual order of my to-do’s! It also helps me figure out why I’m stuck on a problem.
Hi Jason! At Y-Productive, we develop a productivity&work management app specifically for a personal use.
You can manage tasks and projects, receive real-time work perfromance feedback, keep control of your distractions and block unproductive websites.
If you want to keep track of your work and improve your performance, it may be of help.
I really like the design / styling of your product.
Thanks Jason. If you give it a shot, please let me know your experience with the app (you can do it via in-app chat). We closely listen to our users and have added a lot of features with their help :)
I would be interested to hear if it fulfills your needs with tracking your work.
3 text files with ordered lists:
This is what helped me through the first 3 years of my project (a paid iOS app, 27k users at present).
Last year it started getting more serious, so I moved project management to Visual Studio Online (free tier). I believe I use the Scrum template, i.e. an item backlog, iterations list, and 3 columns on the board for the current iteration: ToDo, In Progress, Done. This is enough to give me time estimates.
The reason why I went with VSO was that I knew it from work and also I could not find any simple usable free tool with all the features above. One of the missing features in other products was to be able to have deliverables consisting of items, both with time estimates.
Most of my projects I program myself which then gets version controlled via Github, using Github issues and their Project feature (basically Trello but you can hook into issues you have made against your repo) goes hand in hand with a decent labelling system.
I had this problem once as well and ended up creating https://soloflow.io - Formerly Trackly
As time went on it became a bit more than just a tool to keep track of my own projects, but also keep track of my freelance projects - so I integrated an invoicing and client management tool as well. It is completely bootstrapped, and I'm pretty proud of where it is currently. Still doing a lot of development and improvements on it - like today added Google as a login option!
It is free with 1 project, but let me know if you want a voucher for a 3 month free period and unlimited projects ✌️
Apple Notes
Google Keep.
My side project is about exactly this! Bluebird Pocket Planner https://twentyweeks.com/ (I also love trello, but I'm trying to disconnect a bit more when working)
Nice. This is really cool. I'm going the other way where I'm trying to move to a more digital format. I've seem to have gotten used to having modern search / grep functionality instead of properly organizing my thoughts.
https://workflowy.com
I like it because it's really simple and it has nice keyboard shortcuts. Also has a mobile app version.
I use Paper by Dropbox
Me and my wife enjoy using Ora (https://ora.pm), they are quite new to the task/project manager market. It scales really well, from solo to small teams as I've been using it. Has Kanboard like Trello, which I love. 💪
I have a trello project set up but since it's just me, I actually find Wunderlist the most useful tool - portable and really simple.
For me,Trello is enough. Good UI and Free
I am using Trello for all my projects.It's easy and few drag-and-drop.
If your familiar with GTD and you have an iPhone, I would highly recommend looking at the Things 3 app. I like the project type view it provides
Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet, but I absolutely love Things. I was initially turned off by the price, but it's the first app that I've actually stuck with and use consistently. It doesn't have as many features as lots of the other apps mentioned, but it is (in my opinion) the most well design todo app there is by a long shot.
Especially if you have bought into the Getting Things Done process, it is worth checking out.
Also, Bear is where I store all my notes and random stuff that isn't todos.
Apple Notes + Trello + Toggl
I am using Amazing Marvin (which I built myself originally). It's the most flexible task manager out there. I worked with a lot of people to help them find their ideal workflow and what it comes down to is: different things work for different people. There are so many ways to get work done and most people limit themselves with the common workflow methodologies. I want to give people more options and a process on how to find that perfect system. Doing a webinar on this soon in case that interests you.
What are you looking for in a tool?
I use a personal Trello board with "Done", "Doing", "To-Do", "Won't-do", and "Idea's" columns.
Combined with being diligent note taking in a paper notebook, I can walk away from project(s) for a few days/weeks/months and come back and pick up right where I left off.
What is it you're looking for in tracking your work?
OneNote is the best! I had few projects that stored everything from ideas/brainstorm to business plan to all sorts of documentation.
Though I am also guilty of writing notes all over the map...
Used trello first when the team size was small
When team grew, switched to Jira
Later switched to https://codegiant.io when Jira bills started rising.
At the moment, I am very happy with Codegiant as it offers more tools for software development :)
Yep Github with milestones (like epics) and issues (like stories).
I use timely app and I'm in the process or using their API to generate quarterly taxes estimates and create customized invoice PDFs.
I use EverNote
Trello and google sheet mostly
Trello before I start coding, then GitHub Projects organized by TODO/DOING/DONE columns. For example:
When I'm lazy, like right now, I just write notes (with checklists) in the projects, but I'd recommend doing everything through issues and PRs with a checklist in the description because that's where you get the best visibility out of your GitHub Projects.
Note: by checklist in the description of a PR, I mean something like this: https://github.com/vinc/pi.ctu.re/pull/11
I have one trello board for all my projects with things to do and with the planned releases, so pretty simple but works for me!
Kanboard and standardnotes mostly
Standardnotes seems interesting.
yes, very, dead simple to use and encrypted, based on a Free Software.
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