Kanban
Organize tasks by date, work directly with task cards, and review workload across upcoming days.
Overview
Kanban is the task-planning board in Fokus. It organizes work into date-based columns so you can review upcoming days, see how much work each day contains, and act directly on task cards without leaving the board.
In the view shown here, each day column includes a date header, weather summary, task progress, estimated and actual time totals, and the tasks assigned to that date. Cards can carry source badges, priority, energy, bucket or objective labels, and timer actions.
Best use of Kanban
Use Kanban when you want to organize work across days and operate directly on task cards. It is the best planning surface when your focus is task structure rather than exact calendar time.
How to Access It
- Open the
Plannermenu from the bottom navigation. - Select
Kanban. - Use Kanban when you want to review task distribution across dates and manage tasks in bulk.
What You Can Do Here
- Review tasks across a visible date range.
- Add a task directly to a specific day.
- Inspect task load for each day through progress and time summaries.
- Open task cards that include source, title, priority, energy, bucket, objective, and estimate information.
- Start a timer directly from a task card.
- Change per-column display behavior such as detail density, sorting, grouping, and filtering.
- Use top-level controls such as
Today,Filter,AI Quick Actions, andAuto-hide.
Common Tasks
Review the date range
Start with the header to see which days are currently visible and move the range if you need to plan further ahead or review a different span.
Compare workload by day
Use each column’s progress row and total estimated time to understand whether a day is overloaded, empty, or still needs planning.
Work directly with task cards
Review the task title, source, priority, energy level, and related labels on each card before editing or starting work.
Add or adjust tasks for a day
Use Add Task at the top of a column or interact with the cards already assigned to that date.
Start focused work
Use the timer control on a card when you want to move from planning into execution without leaving the board.
Important Behaviors
- Kanban is grouped by date in this view, so each column represents a specific day rather than a status lane.
- Each column includes weather context, which can help when the day itself matters for planning.
- Task cards surface metadata directly so you do not need to open each task to understand its urgency or effort level.
- Empty days still remain actionable by showing an
Add Taskcontrol and a clear empty state. - The board header includes quick access to other planner surfaces, making it easy to move from Kanban into Buckets, Calendar, or Analytics.
When to Use Kanban Instead of Calendar
- Use Kanban when you want to think in terms of task organization by day.
- Use Calendar when you need exact time placement and conflict awareness.
- Use Kanban first when you are still shaping the work, then switch to Calendar when you are ready to schedule it more precisely.
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