Making plans and managing tasks

There are different styles of cooking, different methods of preparation, and different appeals for varying meals. Yet, a common goal exists of providing nourishment and enjoyment whenever and however we cook. While streaming video is a very different type of service than meetings, document management or coordinating on tasks and work, they all function together to produce a highly collaborative and informed workforce. The tools each provide their own flavor to the overall dish.

Planner is a service that helps groups of people collaboratively complete projects and work on tasks on the web at tasks.office.com or on the Planner mobile app. Each plan is a kanban board containing buckets for organizing tasks. Each task contains data elements to indicate assignment, completion status, notes, checklists, and color-coding/tagging. The following figure is an example of a Planner plan in action. This view is the same whether we are on the Planner website or...