Ask HN: Anybody know of a todo list that can create reports of what you did?

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by Tierbob • 11 years ago

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I'd love to find a todo list manager that can tell me the projects I worked on even if I only touched a subtask of that project. Then I can use it in our daily standup.

Any ideas?

joshstrange• 11 years ago

It's way overkill probably but JIRA has a JQL language that allows you easily apply filters to your Kanban board which I use every day to know what to bring up in my standup. I just have a "recently updated" filter that looks at all user stories/bugs/sub tasks and shows them to me. Again JIRA is a heavy tool if all you want is "todo list" but it's the best product management tool I've come across and for < 10 users it's only $10/yr if you host it yourself.

It also has a number of agile features via the official "JIRA Agile" plugin.

brianjking3• 11 years ago

JIRA is excellent; however, I hate Java. It's definitely a bit heavy in terms of what you may be looking for in this case. However, it's a phenomenal and supremely powerful product.

teaneedz• 11 years ago

I use Todoist for a simple mobile solution and link it to a spreadsheet with IFTTT.

brianjking3• 11 years ago

I also use this system based on Todoists @tagging system. Great option for the reasonable cost of Todoist per year.

kachhalimbu• 11 years ago

I used kanbanflow[1] it is trello like project management tool with built-in support of pomodoro [2]. For reporting, it has a pretty basic use case available on free account but should be good enough for your purpose.

[1] https://kanbanflow.com [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique

bambang150• 11 years ago

You can use Asana and simply export into excel about what you have done. I used Asana alot and also kanban board. I combine both and receive maximum potential of my life

JoeAltmaier• 11 years ago

Good responses; I'm glad to see todo lists have evolved since the old pocket-PC days. They used to all discard checked items, leaving you wondering what you did all day. Its an obvious good move to record accomplishment and give feedback on it!

brianjking3• 11 years ago

I'd suggest the following as options to check:

* Weekdone - http://weekdone.com * Todoist w/ IFTTT to Google Sheets workflow - http://todoist.com & http://ifttt.com * JIRA - http://jira.com * IDoneThis - http://idonethis.com * Basecamp - http://basecamp.com

sk8ingdom• 11 years ago

Check out Emacs Org-mode. The learning curve is a bit steep, but it allows you to create task hierarchies, dependencies, Gantt charts, check in to tasks, create reports, schedule, etc. It's all in plan text, open source, and has a lively community.

tmaly2• 11 years ago

right now I just use a simple markdown text file that I track in a private git repo, one per person. They get updated weekly, then I have a cron process that runs every monday and generated a weekly html report for the prior week. It makes it easy to view and you can print to pdf etc

tmaly2• 11 years ago

forgot to mention this link I found the other day, using git hooks to keep track of your work in a timesheet http://mike-solomon.com/timesheet-githook

Ask HN: Anybody know of a todo list that can create reports of what you did?

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