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Changes for order and overall overview

Welcome structure and a much better ordering of projects and tasks

Starting point

The first step every company in Projektově has to go through is setting up a structure. Create a "Contracts" project or main projects named after departments. This is how the basic structure is created so that it is clear where projects and tasks will be placed.

These main projects, most often called "Contracts", "Production" or "Internal projects", do not contain any tasks. They are used only as folders. In the current application everything is built out of projects, which causes confusion – are "Internal projects" a project or not? Do tasks belong here? Who is supposed to see this project?

What and how we have reworked it

In Projektově 2 we added a new level in the form of structural folders, which provide cleaner and clearer lists. It is no longer enough just to create a project, sub-projects and tasks – you also need to create a folder and think about where the projects belong. That should help create logical units, where everything is together as it should be, instead of in one giant list. Similarly to your computer, you first build your company structure with Folders and then place Projects inside them.

Benefits:

A system that fits you – with folders you create the world of your company. You do not have to stick to ordinary names; you can create a folder ON FIRE, for example.

A clear distinction – what is a Folder and what is a Project.

Everyone automatically sees all folders (the structure) in the company; projects inside are only visible to those who participate in them.

In the project/folder settings you can switch an existing project into a folder or back yourself.

Tabs like in a web browser

Quick test – do you know how to display who worked on what this week? In Projektově we have a wide range of reports, yet we often only watch a few basic ones. In the current application, the way to open a report quickly is to create bookmarks in your web browser. That is, however, a rather clumsy solution that few people know about.

Now you can right-click any link to open it in a new Tab. Thanks to that, selected reports, projects and tasks will be available practically with one click whenever you need them.

For everyday use Projektově 2 behaves like today – you work in one tab. With intent, you can right-click any project, task or report and open it in a new Tab so it is at hand.

From the first design of Projektově we had the main menu "My page" – "Projects" – "Tasks" at the very top. The hiccup came with the need to work with the menu further. For example, splitting it into My tasks and Open tasks is not exactly ideal. Moreover, in the "top menu" we always fight for space to fit everything important and have to make compromises that result in some pages being harder to find.

That is why we decided to move the menu and dedicate the entire left side of the screen to it. A side-panel menu is now standard in modern digital applications, but most importantly it is very practical. Such a panel fits much more, the user gets used to it and it never gets in the way of the "content". The side panel also offers the option to collapse it and leave only visual shortcuts – icons – visible. That supports speed and focus on what matters.

This side panel has a blue background, just like the top part of the application, which is also blue and used to move across the application. The "rest" of the application is light. The main workspace is thus clearly separated from the navigation elements.