Startup Idea: Advanced Task Management & Priority Planner Software
Industry Task Management
Submission 1 Please create a task tracker that is sort of like ToDo List but which also has an Eisenhower matrix function that I can pull up on my computer so that I know what the important things are I have to do during the day. I would also like a nested task list function that has multiple (or even infinite) tasks.
ToDo List is the option I found, and it's just ok. I use it, but not as often as I would if I liked the interface better.
Submission 2 I am in IT and am a software programmer. I've been working in my field for almost 8 years. I need something like an advanced and simple day planner that's better than any other one. Most day planner's I've found are really basic and it's hard trying to keep track of everything in memos and scraps of paper I've written around the house and office. I need a piece of software that I can use on my PC and mobile phone, gives me a unique set of alarm indications, better calendar and list planning. I hate having to remember every single detail until the time rolls around. I need something to organize my business, my work, my life, and anything else I need to be reminded on. I have a great memory, but it would save me so much time and money. I would pay for this, definitely.
Submission 3 I work in a fast-paced marketing department where there are multiple tasks that all seem to be urgent and high-priority.
Years ago, I was in a seminar and learned a prioritization method that works better than anything else I've ever seen.
Tasks are listed.
Next to each task is two rows of numbers like this: Task 1 (no numbers) Task 2 1 2 Task 3 1 2 3 3 Task 4 1 2 3 4 4 4 Etc. You can go up to about 20 tasks before it gets unwieldy on paper but, in theory, there could be no limit. Start by comparing task number one to each of the other tasks on list, one at a time, saying "If I could only get one thing done, it would be..." and then to circle the number of the the more important task.
Then, go on to task number 2 and repeat the process (with each number, you are doing fewer comparisons). The idea is that you are never comparing more than two tasks at a time, which is easier than being overwhelmed by a long list.
At the end, you count the circles.
The task for which the corresponding number has circled the most times is your first priority, and so on.
I have taught many people this method, and they all agree it is brilliant.
The problem is, it's incredibly slow when done on paper, but that's the only way I have of doing it.
It seems like it would be simple to build an application in which the user is asked to enter their tasks one at a time, then shown the tasks in pairs and selecting one.
The application would then complete the calculation and present the user with a prioritized list. If I knew how to build this myself, I would!
Submitter: Toni Andrews - (view contact info).