A little start-up help for your first business project in MeisterTask

Joerg Koper
Joerg Koper DACH Partner, MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 1,359 Community Leader
edited November 2023 in Get Inspired

Today, I'd like to show you how to create your first business project in MeisterTask in just a few steps. The steps are logically based on each other and as soon as you have learned them, you will be able to do it more and more quickly.

Hier geht es zum Beitrag auf Deutsch.

Let's start with a first look at the template

You see eight sections in this project, that help you coordinate the tasks of your daily business work very easy and with a nice overview:

Idea | Planned

In this section, you can add ideas for marketing campaigns, new innovations and anything else you think of for the further development of your business as a new task. Creating a new task is very easy, and formatting the text in it will soon become second nature to you.

Even if you are planning something new, this is the right place for it. This way, everything stays neatly arranged and compact, and you can access it from anywhere.

When your ideas or plans become more concrete, you can also make a first time planning in this section.

Requests

All enquiries from your stakeholders will be added to this section. If you receive a telephone enquiry, for example, you can create a new task here and enter the relevant information and requests.

In this section, we also start to work with tags. I have already defined the tags that are suitable for this project board at the beginning. By the way, the tags "Idea" and "Planned" are the only ones that are inserted manually in the tasks:

Tags appear very harmless, but they have a lot going for them. In combination with the filter function, they help us to sort tasks quickly and effectively according to their assignments and properties. In this way, we keep an overview when there is more going on at the project board.

Now it's time for the first automation 😉

I have created an automation to add the tag "Request" and an automation to remove the tags that are not applicable for this section.

If you also want to receive requests from incoming e-mails or from a contact form on your website in this section, you can use the mail address generated by MeisterTask, which is displayed at the bottom of the automation settings, for this purpose.

In progress

In this section, you can drag and drop all the tasks you currently want to work on. If you would like to document the time spent on this task, you can optionally use the Time tracking automation here.

The automations inserted in this column again refer to tags:

I have created an automation to add the tag "In progress" and an automation to remove the tags that are not applicable for this section. In the upper right corner of this section, you can see the (1/5) so called WIP (work in progress) limitation.

WIP limitation is a MeisterTask Pro feature:

Paused

As soon as you have to pause a task or interrupt it for an important reason, you drag the corresponding tasks into this column. The corresponding tags are then also automatically set and removed here.

It is also important to note here, that a time tracking, activated in the "In progress" section, must be stopped in this (and all other sections) either manually or by a corresponding automation. Otherwise, the time tracking continues merrily 😋

Review

In this column, we drag tasks that have been worked through and still have to be approved. Or, when they have to be subjected to an intermediate check.

Automations are also inserted here again. The tags are exchanged and now, attention, a new automation enters the stage.

We let MeisterTask insert a predefined "checklist" (template) into each task, which is dragged into this section.

Invoicing

Here, we come to a very nice section. Invoicing is pending because our order has (hopefully) been fulfilled satisfyingly. Now, for example, an automated assignment could also be made to a team member who is responsible for invoicing. If we work with an external accounting department, an automated  e-mail is also possible.

I have created an automation to add the tag "Invoicing" and an automation to remove the tags that are not applicable for this section. And I have assigned the task to myself in this project board.

Complaints

Should there ever be a complaint after invoicing or during a work process, the corresponding task is moved to this section until everything has been satisfyingly resolved.

At this point, by the way, we particularly benefit from the possibility of attaching files into tasks. For example, photos of the complained work, documents and other evidence can be inserted. This is particularly useful when teams are working externally and want to keep the office informed of progress and news in real time.

After that, the workflow can be continued again.

I have created an automation to add the tag "Complaints" and an automation to remove the tags that are not applicable for this section.

Done

When the task has been completed, reviewed, accepted and also paid for, it can be moved to the "Done" section.

I have created an automation to add the tag "Success" and an automation to remove the tags that are not applicable for this section. And I have added the automation “Update Status” to “Complete”. You can find more information about the feature Completion and Archiving here.

An advanced function for all those who use MeisterTask as a business version

MeisterTask allows you to define the query of organisation-specific information with the function "Custom fields".

For example, you can create a field for entering the customer ID, a pre-selection for the responsible department, input fields for telephone numbers, etc.

I'd like to share the template for this project board with you.

To make it a little easier for you to get started with professional task and project management in MeisterTask, I have made the template for this project board available to you as a download. Have fun trying it out and testing it.

But most of all, I hope you have fun creatively developing your own projects 😉

If you like, you can also take a closer look at my post about how to start projects in MeisterTask and to avoid common mistakes in the beginning practice with MeisterTask.

Best, Jörg

Als Experten-Partner von Meister führe ich in meiner Agentur u. a. Workshops für die Integration der Meister Software durch. Hier in der Community freue ich mich auf den Austausch mit Euch und helfe bei Fragen zu MeisterTask, MeisterNote und MindMeister gerne weiter.

Weitere Informationen findest Du auf agenturkoper.de und LinkedIn.

Comments

  • Emily
    Emily EN Pro Posts: 132 Star Contributor

    Thanks Jörg, I really appreciate your templates and explanations of MeisterTask! I'm not the most experienced user, so am bookmarking this as a resource.

  • Joerg Koper
    Joerg Koper DACH Partner, MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 1,359 Community Leader

    Hi @Emily 👋😉

    I'm glad you like it. Have fun with it and feel free to ask whenever there are any questions.

    Best, Jörg

    Als Experten-Partner von Meister führe ich in meiner Agentur u. a. Workshops für die Integration der Meister Software durch. Hier in der Community freue ich mich auf den Austausch mit Euch und helfe bei Fragen zu MeisterTask, MeisterNote und MindMeister gerne weiter.

    Weitere Informationen findest Du auf agenturkoper.de und LinkedIn.

  • Admin BSF.company
    Admin BSF.company International Partner, MT Tester, EN Business Posts: 487 Community Leader

    Wow @Joerg Koper thanks for sharing such a great resource!

    I like the way you implemented most of the features available in MeisterTask, especially the automations.

    Surely, this template will be a big starting point for many users willing to take their task management to the next level.

    As @Emily, I'm also bookmarking this thread to have it at hand when somebody asks where to start!

    Best regards, keep it up mate!

    Andres D'Andrea

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  • Joerg Koper
    Joerg Koper DACH Partner, MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 1,359 Community Leader

    I'm happy that you like it @Andres D'Andrea 😉

    I think that if this explanation and the template help others to map their business more easily in MeiterTask, then every minute of writing will have been worthwhile.

    Thanks mate 🙏

    Best, Jörg

    Als Experten-Partner von Meister führe ich in meiner Agentur u. a. Workshops für die Integration der Meister Software durch. Hier in der Community freue ich mich auf den Austausch mit Euch und helfe bei Fragen zu MeisterTask, MeisterNote und MindMeister gerne weiter.

    Weitere Informationen findest Du auf agenturkoper.de und LinkedIn.

  • Miša Hennin
    Miša Hennin Admin, MeisterLobster, EN Business, DE Advocate Posts: 1,307 Community Admin

    Hi @Joerg Koper,

    Thanks so much for sharing this! It's a really helpful resource for new MeisterTask users. I love how clearly you've presented the different areas.

    I will also bookmark this so that I can share the link with new users 😀.

    Best,

    Miša

  • Joerg Koper
    Joerg Koper DACH Partner, MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 1,359 Community Leader

    Hey @Miša,

    thanks for the nice feedback. I do always appreciate that very much 🙏🙂

    Best, Jörg

    Als Experten-Partner von Meister führe ich in meiner Agentur u. a. Workshops für die Integration der Meister Software durch. Hier in der Community freue ich mich auf den Austausch mit Euch und helfe bei Fragen zu MeisterTask, MeisterNote und MindMeister gerne weiter.

    Weitere Informationen findest Du auf agenturkoper.de und LinkedIn.

  • Samuel Schläpfer
    Samuel Schläpfer MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 595 Community Leader

    Hi mate! @Joerg Koper

    Sorry, haven't seen this post until now…

    …and thanks for this awesome post! I'm sure you'll help a lot of people with it! It's very clear und and easy to understand.

    Well done!

    Best, Samuel

    The impossible does not exist! The solution has just not been found yet!

  • Joerg Koper
    Joerg Koper DACH Partner, MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 1,359 Community Leader

    Thanks @Rooster McNugget 👋

    Best, Jörg

    Als Experten-Partner von Meister führe ich in meiner Agentur u. a. Workshops für die Integration der Meister Software durch. Hier in der Community freue ich mich auf den Austausch mit Euch und helfe bei Fragen zu MeisterTask, MeisterNote und MindMeister gerne weiter.

    Weitere Informationen findest Du auf agenturkoper.de und LinkedIn.

  • Emily
    Emily EN Pro Posts: 132 Star Contributor

    Hi Jörg, I finally got around to downloading the template and reading the post — Appreciate the resource!

    Also - very helpful to read your explanations of automations, since these don't seem to be contained in exports.

  • Joerg Koper
    Joerg Koper DACH Partner, MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 1,359 Community Leader

    Hi @Emily 👋🙂

    Unfortunately, the automations can't be exported (yet). Would have loved to do. But, if you need any assistance with it, feel free to let me know. I'll then be happy to help you.

    Best, Jörg

    Als Experten-Partner von Meister führe ich in meiner Agentur u. a. Workshops für die Integration der Meister Software durch. Hier in der Community freue ich mich auf den Austausch mit Euch und helfe bei Fragen zu MeisterTask, MeisterNote und MindMeister gerne weiter.

    Weitere Informationen findest Du auf agenturkoper.de und LinkedIn.

  • Olaf Roeb
    Olaf Roeb EN Basic, MT Tester Posts: 121 Star Contributor
    edited March 2023

    Hi @Joerg Koper ,

    and thank you for the extremely detailed and illustrated example of a general MeisterTask Kanban Board.

    I am very much with @Andres D'Andrea here: this discussion/Post as comprehensive as it is could well serve as 101 Handbook for almost all important MeisterTask features. Might take half an hour for a beginner to first read, and another hour to establish the automation. But an afternoon of diving into such an important tool with a working first project board that just might need very few steps of customization to start into practice, then filling in the first actually relevant tasks and getting a feeling of the process, in my eyes is an excellent investment of time into future project management.

    I still hope that very soon a way of downloading boards complete with automation and all features, plug and play, will be invented by Meister. Sorry for the delayed response, I only saw this board following your link in your so interesting Partner Q&A, I'll switch back to that one now!🤗

    😀Best, Olaf

  • Joerg Koper
    Joerg Koper DACH Partner, MT Tester, DE Business Posts: 1,359 Community Leader

    Hi @Olaf Roeb 👋🙂

    Long time no see…and wow to such nice feedback. I appreciate that very much, Olaf 🙏

    I'm absolutely with you, that it would be a great benefit, if Meister could implement a feature for the export of automations. With such a feature available, I do also see a lot of potential for it in the work with clients.

    Best, Jörg

    Als Experten-Partner von Meister führe ich in meiner Agentur u. a. Workshops für die Integration der Meister Software durch. Hier in der Community freue ich mich auf den Austausch mit Euch und helfe bei Fragen zu MeisterTask, MeisterNote und MindMeister gerne weiter.

    Weitere Informationen findest Du auf agenturkoper.de und LinkedIn.

  • CL Webb
    CL Webb EN Basic Posts: 33 Star Contributor

    Thanks @Joerg Koper - Another Insightful MT post of your's to Bookmark for reference. 😀

    CL Webb ?
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