Kanban Task Manager uses as much standard Outlook features as possible, and therefore it is easy to understand and work with. On top of that the developers of Business Solutions have added several useful features:ĭrag and drop tasks between different phases of a project.Īutomatic synchronization of tasks within the workgroup, so everything is always up to date and everyone can see what is happening.ĭisplay of tasks for multiple projects in one Kanban board. Moving the Kanban board into Outlook gives you everything in the computer, and no cards are lost because they fall to the floor or someone takes them away. Less time is spent on trying to sort out how projects are coming along, because everything is visible on the Kanban board. With such a visual picture of the work process managers can quickly reveal bottlenecks and blockers. All other company and product names are trademarks of the companies with which they are associated.The traditional Kanban board uses cards that tell what and how much should be produced and when it should be done. Google, Google Workspace, and related marks and logos are trademarks of Google LLC. As a result, the other person appears to own the task in your local Outlook client, but they won't receive the assignment in their account.
There are a few features that aren't available in Outlook or Google Workspace: Recurring tasks-Works in Outlook, but only the first task syncs to Google Workspace and other Outlook clients.
Categories, start dates, progress status, and reminders-These items work great in Outlook but they don't sync to Google Workspace or your other Outlook clients.Instead, their tasks appear in the parent folder. However, the subfolders don't sync as separate lists. Task subfolders-You can place tasks in subfolders of Task folders you create in Outlook, and the tasks sync with Gmail and other Outlook clients.The following features work great in Outlook but they don't sync to Google Workspace or to other devices where you use Outlook: What's available in Outlook but doesn't sync. Top-level task folders-Task folders you create at the top level of Outlook Tasks appear as separate task lists in Gmail's Task gadget and as folders on your other Outlook clients.Marking tasks as completed-Check tasks off in Outlook and they'll be marked as completed in your Task gadget and on your other Outlook clients.
These appear in your Task gadget in Gmail and on other devices where you use Outlook with GWSMO. Tasks, including notes and due dates-Create tasks in Outlook by including notes and adding due dates.The following information in Outlook Tasks synchronizes with your Task gadget in Gmail, and is available from other devices where you use Google Workspace: This is because your tasks in Outlook are synchronized with the Task gadget in Gmail, which in turn syncs them with any other device where you use Google Workspace. If you use Outlook on other computers, you can access your tasks there, too. With Google Workspace Sync for Microsoft Outlook (GWSMO), you can use Outlook Tasks to track and manage to-do lists in your Google Workspace account.