Enhance Productivity: Task Management Made Easier with Todoist Dashboard

Joshua Otieno Owuor
Bold BI
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4 min readFeb 19, 2024
Enhance Productivity: Task Management Made Easier with Todoist Dashboard

In today’s developing world, managing tasks efficiently is crucial to productivity. If your company uses Todoist to simplify your task management, you can make your work even more efficient by integrating its data with Bold BI. Create a dynamic task dashboard to help organize tasks, projects, and deadlines, streamlining your workflow even more. We’ll delve into Todoist and how integrating it with Bold BI can improve your experience, including an in-depth look at an example dashboard.

What is Todoist?

Todoist is a centralized platform that enables you to neatly categorize tasks, assign priority levels, and collaboratively tackle tasks, suitable for both individual and group projects. This task management tool is crafted with simplicity in mind, intended to boost organization with its user-friendly interface.

Key task management features

  • Unified task tracking: Todoist’s dashboard organizes task management in one central location, from daily routines to complex projects.
  • Priority management: Color-coded labels in this system streamline task prioritization,.
  • Collaboration: Todoist has task sharing, delegation, and real-time progress tracking for collaboration.
  • Cross-platform accessibility: Todoist lets you manage tasks on any device.

How to harness the power of a Todoist task management dashboard

Start by creating a Todoist account or logging into your existing one. The setup process is quick and straightforward. With an active account, you can now integrate it with Bold BI to design a user-friendly dashboard. Following is an example Todoist task management dashboard.

Todoist Task Management Dashboard
Todoist Task Management Dashboard

This dashboard facilitates efficient task tracking and prioritization. Its simple interface helps you set reminders and track your progress. It increases productivity and improves time management and project completion rates.

Let’s look at how this dashboard displays KPIs and metrics.

Tasks

Tasks
Tasks

This KPI visually tracks task completion, overdue items, and productivity for a quick overview of the workload.

Incomplete tasks by priority

Incomplete tasks by priority
Incomplete tasks by priority

This metric sorts unfinished tasks by urgency, aiding in prioritizing tasks and managing time.

Incomplete tasks by status

Incomplete tasks by status
Incomplete tasks by status

This metric tracks unfinished tasks by status, letting project leads know where the project stands and where bottlenecks may be.

Estimated vs. utilized hours by project

Estimated vs. utilized hours by project
Estimated vs. utilized hours by project

This metric shows the difference between predicted and actual time spent on tasks, aiding in more accurate planning and resource allocation.

Incomplete vs. overdue tasks by assignee

Incomplete vs. overdue tasks by assignee
Incomplete vs. overdue tasks by assignee

This metric helps manage team productivity by showing each member’s pending and overdue tasks to identify who may need support or workload adjustment.

Completed tasks trend

Completed tasks trend
Completed tasks trend

This metric visually tracks productivity, showing task completion patterns to motivate and measure progress.

Task summary details

Task summary details
Task summary details

This metric shows a summary of all tasks for when a manager needs a fact quickly.

Tips for enhancing visualization using the Todoist dashboard

To get the most out of your dashboard, consider the following strategies for creating it:

  • Filter views: Utilize filters to display only relevant tasks in order to focus on answering specific questions.
  • Progress bars: Display progress bars for projects to visualize completion status at a glance.
  • Consistent color scheme: Apply a consistent color scheme across projects and labels for a cohesive and aesthetically pleasing dashboard.
  • Integrate calendars: Sync with your calendar for a visual timeline of deadlines and events.
  • Clear layout: Keep the dashboard uncluttered with ample white space and a logical structure for ease of use.

In conclusion, integrating your Todoist data with Bold BI will let you create dynamic dashboards to help you interpret it in the most useful way possible. Use your data-driven insights to streamline your workflows and boost productivity.

Originally published at https://www.boldbi.com on February 19, 2024.

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Joshua Otieno Owuor
Bold BI
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Technical writer and content reviewer at Syncfusion.