Grouping for Subitems – Enhancing Organization and Workflow Efficiency

Feature requests
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Monday.com users often leverage subitems to manage detailed tasks and departmental contributions within a larger, main item. While subitems are incredibly useful, the current structure can lead to a cluttered view when a main item involves diverse categories or multiple departmental inputs. I propose a new feature: Subitem Groups.

The Challenge

Consider a main item like a “Marketing Campaign Deck.” This single request often involves contributions from various departments, each with its own set of sub-tasks. For example, creating this deck might require:

  • Marketing Subitems: Content creation, design brief, image selection
  • Legal Subitems: Compliance review, disclaimer approval
  • Digital Subitems: Asset sizing for web, SEO keyword integration
  • Social Subitems: Platform-specific copy, scheduling

Currently, all these subitems appear as a flat list under the main item. As the number of subitems grows, especially for complex projects, this can become overwhelming and difficult to navigate. It’s challenging to quickly grasp the status of tasks within a specific departmental category without manually sifting through the entire list.

The Proposed Solution: Subitem Groups

Introducing the ability to group subitems would revolutionize how we manage complex projects on monday.com. Imagine being able to organize the subitems for the “Marketing Campaign Deck” as follows:

  • Marketing
    • Content Creation
    • Design Brief
    • Image Selection
  • Legal
    • Compliance Review
    • Disclaimer Approval
  • Digital
    • Asset Sizing for Web
    • SEO Keyword Integration
  • Social
    • Platform-Specific Copy
    • Scheduling

This structure would provide an immediate visual hierarchy, making it significantly easier to:

  • Quickly identify and focus on tasks related to a specific department or category.
  • Track progress within each category independently, without losing sight of the overall project status.
  • Assign ownership and deadlines more intuitively to departmental groups of subitems.
  • Improve collaboration by providing a clearer overview of each team’s contributions.

Vote if you think this will enhance your workflows!! :slight_smile: