Free project template
Kanban board template with every task dated from the day you start
A personal kanban board: to do, doing with a limit of three, done. See your work and stop starting new things.
- 4 sections
- 5 tasks
- Opens as a board
- Dated from day 1
Kanban board
Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.
To do
- Example: write the proposal for the new client
- Example: fix the broken link on the website
- Example: book flights for the trip
Doing (max 3)
- Example: prepare the monthly reportDay 2
Waiting
Done
- Clear the Done column and look at what you finishedEvery Friday 17:00
About this template
Kanban does two things. It shows all your work as cards in columns, and it limits how many cards can be in Doing at once. The limit is what makes it work: when Doing is full, you finish something before you start something.
Three is a good limit for one person. The column name reminds you of it.
Tips from the template
- Put everything in To do. Order it with the most important at the top.
- Pull a card into Doing only when there are fewer than three there.
- Clear the Done column every Friday.
How to use it in ActivityTracker
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Kanban board and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
- 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
- 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.
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Questions
Run it with the dates filled in.
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