Not everything is a ticket
Chasing a signature, booking the venue, following up with finance. Real work with no project to file it under.
Use cases
The work that does not fit in Jira
Every manager keeps a second list. It is in a notebook, a pinned message, or their head, because it does not belong on the board.
My list
Today: Finalise the launch copy
Joe WMG2
Tomorrow: Research competitor UX
Julia
Today: Design logo variations
Office tasks2
Next: Client feedback review
Ron
01.09: Test the prototype
Finalise the launch copy
Sent you the draft. The second paragraph still feels long.
launch-copy-v3.pdf
Cutting it now. Will push before the call.
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Share it with the person it involves
Without giving them a seat in a tool they will never open again.
It comes to the top when it is due
So the thing outside the board stops being the thing that slips.
Some of it is only yours
A private task in a shared list, for what you are not ready to raise yet.