A task manager is a tool used to organize, manage, and track tasks and projects. It helps individuals and teams to plan, prioritize, and complete their work efficiently.

Viewing and task control modes may be achieved in a couple of ways: List, Board, Calendar, and Gantt Chart.

The list is a display of tasks in one list without column distribution.

It's very convenient to work in a list mode, as you can create tasks fast and set the priority, status and assign the task to the employee, without getting inside the task.

You can filter tasks in the way you need:

by Assignee, Priority, Statuses, Tags, Completed, Type, Time Spent, Created by;

And sort the tasks by Default, Completed, Name, Status, Tags, Priority, Assignee, Author, Time, Deadline, Started and Reverse;

We can group tasks by Status, Tags, Priority, Assignee and Completed.

When we use grouping by some criteria, we can show/hide the list of tasks if we click on the field with group criteria:

Also, in a "List" mode you already see the task preview information.

Let's have a closer look.

You see the task/subtasks description titles:

If the task card contains subtasks you see there the subtask icon and all subtasks listed. You can easily open any task/subtask for further editing.

If the task contains comments or uploads, you also see it on the preview page:

The tags are shown on the task cards in their colors. If you double-click on the tag cell, you can add more tags to this task:

Here you see the task assignee:

You see the current status of each task:

If the task is getting closer to its due date, it's painted in yellow:

When the task is overdue, it's marked in red to draw your attention:

Also, you see the total hours spent on the current task here:

And here we see the planned time for this task:

Next, you see when the task was finished:

The task priority is also shown:

Also, you may check the author of the task:

Inline Task Editing allows you to make edits directly within a list, without opening each task separately.

1) To create a task, just type its title and press “enter”:

If you already have some tasks in your list, the empty field to add a new task is located in the bottom row:

2) Click on the created task and a window opens for further description and settings:

You can check how to work with tasks in more detail in the How to work with tasks section.

Kanban Board is a task display mode in the form of a board with columns (task statuses) where you place or create relevant tasks. You control them by dragging them from one column to another as you complete the task.

Amploo's Kanban board helps to visualize and control the work on the project, work more efficiently, and monitor the completion of tasks.

To start working in the Board mode, please select it on the view menu:

And let's have a closer look at the board task preview. It's very convenient to see so much information about the task without opening it.

If the task has some subtasks, it is shown on its card this way:

You may click on the "subtasks icon" to see the list of subtasks:

Also, you may see if the task contains comments or uploaded documents:

And you can also preview how much time has already been spent on this task:

If the priority is set, it is also shown on the preview:

When the task is approaching its due date, it's colored in a yellow frame.

Here you see the due date:

If the deadline is expired, the task will be marked in red:

And you may also see the task's assignee:

The tags are shown on the task cards at the bottom in their colors, if you navigate on the line, you will see the tag's name:

You can also filter tasks by Assignee, Priority, Statuses, Tags, Completed, Type, Time spent, and by Author (Created by):

The board by default has four columns (statuses). Task status is the name of a certain stage of work on the task.

Backlog - this column is rolled up on the left by default, it can be expanded. Here are all tasks without statuses that have not yet been started. Further, we can take cards (tasks) from this column and move to the desired columns. Also, we can pinch the task with the mouse and move it "up-down" along the column to adjust the order manually.

To do - the task is taken up, assigned to the employee, the deadline is set, etc.

Progress - the task is currently in the process of execution, it is being worked on.

Review - task completed, under review.

You can fully configure and customize column names, and their color, and add new columns (status).

1) Click on "+ Add board"

2) Enter a name choose a color and press enter

3) You can hold the left mouse button and drag the created column in the right place.

Unnecessary columns can be deleted:

If you deleted an unnecessary column and there were tasks in it, they will all fall into the Backlog column.

To create a task on the board, select the desired column and click "Add task":

Enter the title for the task. Usually, this is a brief description of the essence of the task, and we press enter and the task appears in the column.

Next, click on it to add a description, comments, attachments, and other settings.

You can check how to work with tasks in more detail at How to work with tasks.

The Amploo calendar is a mode of displaying tasks in the form of a calendar. With its help, you can visually view all tasks for which a certain due date is set.

To view tasks in Calendar mode, you need to right-click on the view menu and select Calendar:

The current day is highlighted in grey, for you not be lost:)

The color with which the task is marked in the calendar is determined by its priority:

We can open any task by clicking on it, and change its priority (and thus the color in the calendar will change), change the assignee, and the deadline, add comments, and make other settings:

If the tasks have a start day and a deadline, this period is also shown in the calendar:

In the calendar, we can move through different months and choose any month:

And we can filter tasks by: Assignee, Priority, Statuses, Tags, Types, Time spent, Сreated by:

We can combine several filters to view the tasks the way we need.

A Gantt chart, commonly used in project management, is one of the most popular and useful ways of showing tasks displayed against time. We see the start date and the deadline of each activity on the time frame.

In this way, it is convenient for us to predict the end of the project and follow all its stages.

To view tasks in this mode, you need to right-click on the view menu and select Gantt Chart:

On the left of the chart is a list of the activities(tasks) and along the top is a suitable time scale.

We can change the task execution period on the scale by simply dragging it to the left or right.

We can filter tasks by: Assignee, Priority, Statuses, Tags, Types, Time spent, Created by