Todoist 是功能最强大的在线待办事项服务之一，可让您在有限的时间内尽可能高效地工作。
虽然我们之前已经讨论过将Todoist 与完成工作 (GTD) 方法一起使用(Todoist alongside the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology)，但许多人没有意识到Todoist允许您使用(Todoist)看板(Kanban)来布置您的列表。
在本文中，我们将向您展示如何在Todoist中使用(Todoist)看板(Kanban)，以及它如何进一步提高您的时间管理(time management)和生产力。
如何在 Todoist 中使用看板
如果您以前使用过 Trello(used Trello before)，那么您就会知道看板“(Kanban “)列表”方法的用处。它使您可以在单独的列表中布置项目或流程的每个阶段。然后，随着项目上的每个任务完成，您可以在整个流程中滑动该工作流中的项目。
Todoist中的每个项目都使用您在首次创建项目时选择的布局格式。如果您使用Todoist(Todoist)一段时间，默认是您可能习惯的列表格式。
要创建您的第一个看板(Kanban)，您需要创建一个新项目。在左侧菜单中的项目(Projects)旁边，选择加号图标。
在Add project对话框中，设置名称和颜色后，只需将View更改为Board。选择添加(Add)。
这将在左侧菜单中创建新项目。但是现在，您将看到项目不是使用列表格式，而是使用看板(Kanban)格式进行布局。
起初，它看起来不像一块板，因为您需要通过定义“部分”来构建它。
在开始执行此操作之前，对项目中的工作流程或“步骤”进行一些思考是很重要的。
如何布置项目的看板(Kanban Board)
考虑一下您的项目计划。或者，如果您为家庭项目创建了这个新的看板(Kanban)，那么请考虑从项目开始到结束需要经历的步骤。
在此示例中，我们将构建一个用于创建新网站业务的板。考虑到该项目的较大阶段，我们将为每个阶段创建部分。
- 为构建网站(building the website)准备帐户和资源
- 整个网站设计过程
- 建立企业财务和网上商店
- 准备营销和广告
- 启动网站
考虑到项目的这些主要阶段，将每个部分命名为具有描述性的名称。
填写(Fill)每个部分下的标题字段，然后选择添加部分(Add section)。
对项目的每个步骤或主要区域继续执行此操作。这些不需要是项目中的实际步骤。但是它们应该以某种对您有意义的逻辑方式包含所有主要关注领域。
完成后，您在Todoist中的空(Todoist)看板(Kanban)应该如下所示。
现在是时候用你的项目计划中的小项目来填写你的板子了。将这些视为打包主要里程碑的子项目。
要将其添加到某个部分下，只需选择添加任务(Add task)以添加该子项目卡。
您还不需要添加任何详细信息。现在，您只是在概述项目和主要步骤。您可以稍后添加其他项目。您还可以稍后为其中的每一个添加子列表和时间表。
完成命名每个任务后，只需选择添加任务。(Add task)完成后，您应该有一个包含整个初始项目计划的初步板。
一旦您设置了所有这些子项目，您就可以深入研究其中的每一个，并将它们进一步分解为更具体的任务。
使用Todoist 看板卡片(Todoist Kanban Board Cards)
如果您选择这些子项目卡中的每一个，您将看到您可以设置的所有内容来计划这些卡。
最重要的是，您可以将这些计划成子任务。为此，请选择添加子任务(Add sub-task)。
在描述字段中写下任务。如果您已准备好将任务放在日历上，请选择计划，或者您可以将其留待以后计划。(Schedule)
选择任务右侧的评论图标以添加任何评论或注释，以便在您开始处理该任务后对您有所帮助。
完成任务设置后，只需选择Add task。
一旦你完成了所有任务的设置，你应该很好地计划好你的子项目。
选择“评论(Comments)”选项卡以添加您想要包含的任何与任务相关的注释或评论。这些适用于整个子项目，而不是任何子任务。
如果您正在与团队合作，“活动(Activity)”选项卡会派上用场，因为您可以查看谁在做什么以及何时工作。
如您所见，Todoist 看板(Todoist Kanban)方法让您可以使用更少的空间和更合乎逻辑的格式来规划和组织整个项目。
使用看板进行 GTD
最后一件事是使用看板(Kanban)布局来进行GTD时间管理方法。
为此使用Todoist 看板(Todoist Kanban)是为GTD工作流程量身定制的。这是因为理想情况下，在GTD中，您将在以下时间范围内设置项目：
您可以在Todoist中设置看板，最左边的(Kanban)本周(This Week)是本周，然后所有其他时间框架都流入其中。这看起来像这样。
现在，将任务添加到正确的时间范围列表下，随着它们接近您将它们分配给自己的时间，将它们从右向左移动。
然后，您可以在将它们添加到本周(This Week)时指定一个截止日期，并在每周计划期间将该项目添加到您的日程安排中。
如您所见，Todoist 看板(Todoist Kanban)对很多事情都很有用，它们可以让您更全面地了解您的整个计划或日程安排。不管你想怎么用，GTD时间规划，还是项目规划，看板(Kanban)都值得一试。
How Todoist Kanban Boards Can Improve Productivity
Todoist is one of the most functional online to-do ѕervices that allows you to be as productive as possible with your limited time.
While we’ve previously discussed using Todoist alongside the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology, many people don’t realize that Todoist lets you lay out your lists using Kanban boards.
In this article, we’ll show you how to use Kanban boards in Todoist, and how it can further enhance your time management and productivity.
How to Use Kanban Boards in Todoist
If you’ve used Trello before, then you know just how useful the Kanban “lists” approach is. It lets you lay out each phase of a project or a process in individual lists. Then, you can slide items from that workflow across the process as each task on the item gets completed.
Each project in Todoist uses the layout format that you select when you first create the project. The default is the list format you’re probably used to if you’ve used Todoist for a while.
To create your first Kanban board, you’ll need to create a new project. Next to Projects in the left menu, select the plus icon.
In the Add project dialog box, once you set the name and the color, just change the View to Board. Select Add.
This will create the new project in the left menu. But now, instead of using the list format, you’ll see that the project is laid out using the Kanban board format.
At first, it won’t look like a board, because you’ll need to build it by defining “sections”.
Before you start doing this, it’s important to put some thought into the workflow or “steps” in your project.
How to Lay Out Your Project’s Kanban Board
Give some thought to your project plan. Or, if you’ve created this new Kanban board for an at-home project, then think about the steps you’ll need to go through from start to finish of your project.
In this example, we’re going to build a board for creating a new website business. Thinking through the larger stages of that project, we’ll create sections for each of those stages.
- Preparing accounts and resources for building the website
- The entire website design process
- Getting the business finances and online shop set up
- Preparing marketing and advertising
- Launching the website
With these major stages of your project in mind, name each of the sections something descriptive.
Fill in the title field under each section and select Add section.
Continue this for each step or major area of your project. These don’t need to be the actual steps in the project. But they should contain all of the major focus areas in some logical way that makes sense to you.
Once you’re done, your empty Kanban board in Todoist should look like below.
Now it’s time to fill out your board with the smaller items in your project plan. Think of these as the sub-projects that package up major milestones.
To add this under a section, just select Add task to add that sub-project card.
You don’t need to add any details yet. Right now, you’re just outlining the project and major steps. You’ll be able to add additional items later as they come up. You’ll also be able to add sublists and schedules later for each of these as well.
Just select Add task as you’re finished naming each one. When you’re done you should have a preliminary board that contains your entire initial project plan.
Once you have all of these sub-projects set up, you’re ready to dive into each of those and break them down further into more specific tasks.
Working With Todoist Kanban Board Cards
If you select each of these sub-project cards, you’ll see everything you can set up to plan these out.
Most importantly, you can plan these out into sub-tasks. To do this, select Add sub-task.
Write out the task in the description field. Select Schedule if you’re ready to put the task on your calendar, or you can leave it to plan out later.
Select the comment icon on the right of the task to add any comments or notes that’ll help you once you get started working on that task.
Once you’re done setting up the task, just select Add task.
Once you’re through setting up all of the tasks, you should have your sub-project pretty well planned out.
Select the Comments tab to add any task-related notes or comments you’d like to include. These apply to the entire subproject as a whole and not any of the subtasks.
If you’re working with a team, the Activity tab comes in handy because you can see who’s working on what, and when.
As you can see, the Todoist Kanban approach lets you plan and organize an entire project using less space and in a more logical format.
Using Kanban for GTD
One last thing to touch on is using the Kanban layout for the GTD approach to time management.
Using Todoist Kanban boards for this is tailor-made for GTD workflows. This is because ideally in GTD you’ll have a project set up for the following timeframes:
- Goals
- Routines
- Long Term / On Hold
- Next Month
- This Month
- Next Week
- This Week
You can set up a Kanban board in Todoist with This Week on the furthest left, and then all of the other time frames flowing into it. This would look something like this.
Now, add the tasks under the correct time frame list, moving them from right to left as they get closer to when you’re going to assign them to yourself.
You can then just assign a due date as you add them into This Week, and add that item to your schedule during weekly planning.
As you can see, Todoist Kanban boards are useful for many things, and they give you a more holistic view of your entire plan or schedule. No matter how you want to use it, GTD time planning, or project planning, Kanban boards are worth trying.
