Where did the work get stuck?

One project. Five ways to see it.

Compare deadlines without opening every task.

See where work is piling up.

Pick up the task you had to put down.

See the week before you promise a date.

See what else is happening when a date moves.

Give each project a place of its own.

Give each team a workspace it can recognize.

Bring the people doing the work into the project.

Give the things you mean to do a date.

Give the project a home from day one.

Let the work carry on when you step away.

Make someone’s first day easier.

Keep the requested change with the task.

Give people the access their work calls for.

Put the decision where people can read it again.

Start the day with the work that’s yours.

Which of these tasks are due this week?

Come back knowing what needs a response.

Put the nearest deadline at the top.

Choose a workspace that suits the light.

Get a first plan on the table.

Bring more than one idea to the discussion.

Your notes already hold the hard part.

Agree on the image before you produce it.

The deliverable is clear. Where do you start?

Skip the task-by-task rewrite.

Ask what’s due before you open another list.

Give the next person the decision they need.

Give project questions a place to be answered.

Draw the part that’s hard to explain.

Some decisions are easier on a call.

Give every “I’ll take it” a name and a date.

Give the Friday review a standing place.

Turn “someone should do this” into a name.

When everything feels urgent, agree on what comes first.

Is it finished or waiting for a review?

Find the file without asking someone to resend it.

Give the next file an obvious home.

Recognize the file before you send it.