Goal Tracker & Management App
Turnboards helps you apply project management principles to your personal goals. Big companies use these methods to get things done across teams. Now you can use them to get things done in your life.
- Write down your goals & think of them as "Boards"
- A board is a virtual white board where you write your tasks for that project
- Plan work by putting items in the backlog
- Move what your working on today to the active list
- Check off items as you complete them
- When you're done, you can "Turn" your board over!
Have people willing to help with your goals?
- Add them as a collaborator for your goal and start assigning them tasks!
- You can assign people to boards or individual items
Start taking small steps towards your goals today!
Ben Warren - Founder
Overview of Goals
Organize by Goal
Create a 'Board' for each one of your goals. This is a bucket that will hold all of the tasks you need to do to reach that goal.You can have as many boards as you want, and you can "turn" them over when you're done.
Defining your Goals
Writing down your goals is sometimes the hardest part, but once you've written something down, it becomes real.Often to remember something, you just need to see the words on a page. This is the first step to turning thoughts into action items.
Once you have a goal written down, you can start to think of the tasks you need to do to reach that goal.Breaking up a goal into smaller tasks is the best way to make it manageable, and it gives you a place to start.
How to Write Goals - Examples
I had a goal to built this app, so as soon as this software was usable, I created a goal called "Turnboards" - the name of this app.Now I don't need to think of all the tasks I need to do to finish the app all at once. I write them down as they come to me.
I also have a goal called "Tomorrow" - this is a list of things I need to do tomorrow - obviously. This is really a list of things I need to do right now or do soon.You can make a goal for anything you want, and you can have as many goals as you want.
How to create Tasks
Break Big Goals into Small Tasks
This is where you start breaking your goal down into smaller tasks. Every big project or goal takes many small actions to reach compmletion.You need to learn how to think of and plan out these tasks - this is how big companies manage their projects.
Start Small
Start by creating tasks on the work page that you can do today - something that is easy to do. Gaining momementum toward your goal give you confidence and motivation to keep going. The more things you check off, the more you want to keep going.
Instant Actions
Turnboards is designed to be fast and easy to use. You can add a task in less than 5 seconds.Want to delete something? Just press and hold then tap delete, and it's gone. No prompts, no annoying messages asking you if you are sure.Everything works instantly. Making sure the app not cumbersome and annoying was the top priority when designing.
No Spinners
Turnboards works through a local database on your phone, so it doesn't have any lag. You don't have any spinners or waiting for something to save.
The app takes care of syncing to the server in the background so you can focus on your work.