Personal work, team work and Kanban: choosing the right view

Different views answer different questions. A personal list helps someone decide what to work on. A wider team list helps identify coordination needs. A Kanban board groups tasks by status so that waiting work, active work and completed work are easier to compare.

The view is a lens on task records. It does not change the business meaning of the work, and a filtered view may omit records relevant to a wider decision.

What DNA's views include

DNA's My Tasks request filters by the current user's assignee reference. The reviewed Team Tasks implementation loads available tasks and excludes those assigned to the current user. Its label should therefore not be interpreted as proof of a formal reporting hierarchy or a complete organisation chart.

Project and phase filters help focus the discussion. Before comparing totals, establish which tasks the view contains, which filters are active and whether the data loaded successfully. A smaller result can reflect a narrower scope rather than improved performance.

Kanban reflects workflow

DNA's Kanban flow changes the task status and sends the update to the service. It can update progress and actual dates according to the destination status type. The interface initially reflects the change and restores the previous tasks if the update fails.

A visible move during an update is therefore not enough to establish that the change persisted. The saved task is the relevant record. Equally, moving a card to Done should follow the team's completion criteria rather than a desire to clear a column.

Balancing work in progress

Emily sees several installation tasks in progress and one inspection waiting for information. Starting another installation task may increase unfinished work while leaving the real bottleneck unresolved. The board helps expose that situation, but the team must still investigate its cause.

Use these views to decide ownership, priorities and follow-up. They support coordination; they do not independently establish staffing capacity, financial completion or customer acceptance.