Objetivos (Goals)

Objetivos is a tool to increase productivity by setting Goals and the correspondent To-dos to reach them.

Main features

• Creation of Goals that represent something to be done in the long term;
• Goals are structured in a hierarchical order, allowing for a Goal to be split into smaller ones;
• Creation of To-dos that represent what must be done to reach a Goal.
• Scheduling of To-dos to be completed;
• Monitoring of the time spent in specific To-dos and Goals to measure productivity for each day;
• Charts to analyze progress and to help decision-making.

Detailed description

Below are more formal definitions of the structures in this program. They might be outdated.

Goal

A Goal represents something to be done in the long term.

It has the following attributes:

• Name - Goal name;
• Code - Code to easily identify a Goal that has 1 to 5 characters;
• Motivation - Why the Goal was created;
• Notes - Notes about the Goal evolution, for example, decisions about the change of course of a Goal.
• State - Current state of the Goal, that can be one of the following:
  • Active - When it is currently progressing;
  • Inactive - When it is not currently a priority;
  • Completed - When everything that was planned has been done;
  • Canceled - When it is no longer necessary;
• Sub-goals - Smaller Goals that are inside a Goal. They are related to the completion of the parent Goal.
• To-dos - Actions to progress in the completion of a Goal
• Sessions - Time dedicated to a To-do of a Goal.

To-do

A To-do is an action to progress in the completion of a Goal.

It has the following attributes:

• Description - Description of what needs to be done;
• Sub-to-dos - Smaller To-dos to complete a bigger one.
• State - Uma tarefa pode estar em um dos seguintes estados:
  • Pending - When it has no priority to be done;
  • Prioritized - When it is prioritized to be done soon;
  • Scheduled - When it has a date to be done;
  • Completed - When it is completed.

A Session can be started from a To-do.

Session

A Session is an interval of time to be dedicated for the completion of a To-do.

Calendar

The Calendar helps to organize the Schedules of To-dos on different days and times. It is possible to estimate the time that will be dedicated for a To-do on a specific day.