Hi Julia, Why dont you, for now, just improve the Check list by adding a few additional column types per check list item like a Who, date and status. At least then we can use it kind of like a sub task. That said, its natural for a task in life to have many sub tasks. Its just the way we live and work. To ask users to elevate a sub pulse/task to a pulse/task is missing the point. If l build a roof, the roof has many things that need to be done before the roof is finished. Thats just life right?
Weāre actually in the process of working on a form of sub-tasks. They will work as a sort of board nested as a pop-out through the parent item, meaning you can add all of that information and see it from the parent item.
Itās still being tested in alpha - once itās in beta testing, weād be happy for you to try it and give us your feedback
+1 for the step of implementing the possibility for indentation of items. It would help me a lot to create more of a ātree structureā in a board. See also for what type of board this would help me How to create a sitemap (or site list) board?
Hi, this subtask conversation is really interesting! Iāve noticed that we have the need for something similar, as we have a higher level āoverviewā board. However, we do not want teams to post all their possible tasks, as even now having bundled up most of the smaller tasks our pulse amount is over 200. At first I thought having subtasks would be great ( and still agree) but Iāve started to think that being able to link a group of pulses on Board A to one pulse (that bundles all the smaller tasks in the higher level board) on Board B (like Dannyās suugestion no.2 above). This way our teams could work with their own boards and have all the smaller tasks as their own pulses, while the management could get a overview from Board B. In case people viewing board B want to know about the bundled stuff in more detail they would be able to navigate easily to the exact group that has the bundled stuff as their own pulses in one group. To clarify, the higher level board B could have a pulse named āsmall operational development tasks Q4ā which would then have a link to a group with the same name in team board A.
Weāre actually working on the idea still as we got some feedback from our alpha testers which made us reconsider the direction we were going down. Weāll update once we hear about the new form of sub-tasks
I would like to put in my two cents about this topic. I think it would be very useful if we could have the item created through your suggestion of automation link to the original item.
@Julia-monday.com - I understand that you have a view of the sub-task concept. Let me explain my point of view and please be so kind and share with the rest of the team.
Iāve been using (and recommending the use of the platform) Monday for quite a few years now (still remember dapulse!) with various industries. While the idea of having sub-tasks may not work best when using in ātasksā format, there are other types of uses that would greatly benefit.
For example, using it as a project management tool for a construction company, having sub-tasks would be a game-changer! Iāve tried various approaches to get around it. None of them fit the bill.
As others have voiced, there are plenty of instances where the best and most straight-forward approach is to use sub-tasks. The development team needs to think of the platform being used by teams with a huge need for hierarchy based on the type of boards.
Thanks for listening and we surely hope this will be implemented quickly. Iām surprised itās taking that much convincing.
For example, using it as a project management tool for a construction company, having sub-tasks would be a game-changer!
Thatās us. Everything we do consists of tasks and sub-tasks.
Checklists do not work for us other than for very granular micro-tasks. For one thing, you canāt see the contents of checklists without clicking on each individual item/pulse which slows down team meetings when we need to discuss some sub-tasks.
Iām surprised itās taking that much convincing.
Can anyone from M.com let me know where we are with sub tasks? We are so wanting this facility. Hot having it causing us to have to use wso many work arounds. As for the argument that, sub taks can get lost. Check lists can get even more lost. We just need a group to be able to have sub tasks like most other Project Management tools. I am being put under pressure to move the business away from Monday.com due to it not having subtasks!!
Thank you for your comments and we understand the need for subtasks. Since its a new part of our product, we are still in development stage. We will be in touch when we have a beta version and would love to get early feedback from you all regarding this. We appreciate you being patient and we will update once we have one!
Best,
Naomi
