GR1 - Task analysis

Objective

Our objective for BucketList is to create a simple, easy-to-use resource for categorizing and sharing to-do lists among multiple users.

Features

• CRUD "buckets," or groups of tasks, that can be shared between users.
• CRUD tasks and assign them to multiple users.
• Write notes related to tasks for other people working on the task or in the bucket to see.

User Analysis

• People who keep track of group projects / tasks shared among groups 
• People who have a set way of organizing their tasks
• People who want a simple interface for personal to-do lists and task management

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I need a way to organize tasks for a group with a shared goal

Wiki Markup“I use the same to-do list for group things as everything else. I can show you... \ [google calendar tasks with EVERYTHING, list includes things like “get Suzie to get receipts for me”\]... So I just email people from my group telling them to do things, and then I leave it on my to-do list until she does it. A shared to-do list would actually be really useful. You could do it with a Google doc, but something more involved would be better. If I could add a task and then assign it to someone, and then I could see when it was done, that would be good. I think a checklist would be better than some sort of project-planning thing, just a checklist where I could assign tasks to people and see them complete them. It would help organize things”

“I have a text-edit to-do list. I’ve tried group project management stuff for the Tech, but have never found something that meets our needs. RememberTheMilk comes closest to what we need, but its not really social. The group functions are pretty clunky. We have to keep track of stories, and the editors need to keep track of the writers of each stories, and the status of the story (assigned, written, etc) and there can be multiple people writing a story who need to collaborate. RememberTheMilk lets you put notes on a task, but they have tabs on a mini-window and you can’t see everything at once. I’m really minimalist with my to-do lists (why I use text-edit). We have a lot of deadlines, so to see everything really clearly in a list. Project management stuff (gantt chart) is less useful. Key features are being able to see things laid out in time clearly, but not necessarily with different phases. Levels of priority and notes would be really useful”

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