Add option to advance tasks manually/create queues in projects.

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Currently, tasks in project can only advance in sequence (show one by one in 
next actions) or parallel (show all at once in next actions). And this works 
for majority of simple projects.

But let’s assume I have project with these tasks:

#1 Call A to arrange meeting
#2 Call B to arrange meeting 
#3 Call C to arrange meeting
#4 Send D to find appropriate venue for meeting
#5 Book a venue for meeting
#6 Send D to pick up person B

I would like to see #1, #2, and #3 as my next actions, and when these are 
finished show #4 (when I know exact time for meeting). There is no reason to 
see #5 (nothing to book yet) or #6 before #4 is finished, so I would like to 
see only #4 until it’s finished. Only then I would like for #5 and #6 to be 
displayed in Next actions.
This is only an idea, and I could set this project as parallel and still be OK 
with it, but as projects grow and get more complex it gets harder and harder to 
decide between sequential and parallel.

What I really liked in other GTD apps like Openlooz or GotToDo is flexibility 
that you get by setting manually next action in a project. The downside of this 
is that it is…well, manual - you have to think about it, review your project 
after each task and set next action. But the flexibility it offers is excellent.

So, how about something like this - basically, you can set sequential or 
parallel like we are used to. And this will work for majority of tasks. But 
when you choose manual, you can assign queue numbers to tasks:

#1 Call A to arrange meeting
#1 Call B to arrange meeting 
#1 Call C to arrange meeting
#2 Send D to find appropriate venue for meeting
#3 Book a venue for meeting
#  Send D to pick up person B

This way, tasks show in Next action in order the queue is set. All the tasks 
with same number appear at the same time, when their queue has come (in 
parallel). Tasks without number do not show at all until assigned queue number.

For all the people who are used to way OpenLoopz or GotToDo work, by setting 
only 1 task queue at a time, you essentially get the same behavior as in these 
apps. But this is even better because it is semiautomatic, so you can create 
queue and not think about it anymore.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Blablat...@gmail.com on 22 May 2011 at 12:10

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Original comment by Blablat...@gmail.com on 22 May 2011 at 12:19

Attachments:

• 3429748618_622b414a01_o.png

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I just saw that issue 152 is similar to this one.

Original comment by Blablat...@gmail.com on 26 May 2011 at 3:47

[GoogleCodeExporter]

For me, the solutiuon to these problems would be a side effect of another 
issue, namely the lack of subprojects. I'd then have a "sequential" project 
with a mixture of tasks and "parallel" subprojects an expect Shuffle to 
interpret this correctly.

Original comment by el.goog....@gmail.com on 2 May 2012 at 10:03