Hi again,
I just wanted to follow-up here. I am about a month in to my Fibery set-up since I posted this thread, and it didn’t take long for me to understand better how to handle some of the situations that may typically fall under “task in multiple projects” scenarios from other Work management apps. “Tasks in multiple projects” is a common use of Asana and Wrike, since both apps offer that. In fact, ClickUp, which is coming on as an alternative to those two apps, is working hard to bring in that functionality:
I think this whole topic is a really great way to illustrate the benefit of Fibery over those other solutions. So I wanted to share how I am now approaching this since I first posted when I was in the mentality of thinking I needed to put an entity in two Apps, or the equivalent of two folders in other tools.
Let me explain what I did in this case I asked about originally:
So here, I thought I should have this “Website Feature” ideally in two Apps, or “containers/folders” - "Website Platform, and “Projects.” In reality, my “Website Feature” entity is in fact part of the “Website Platform” I mentioned. It “lives” there permanently once I build it. So it should go in the “Website Platform” app. It will no longer be “located” in my “Project” after it is built, correct? As I expand my “Website Platform” app, I want all my “Website Features” to be represented there. However, my “Project” Type is going to be used for all kinds of work. So with this in mind, it became clear to me that a great way to handle this is to simply put the “Website Feature” into the “Website Platform” app as a Type, then relate to my Project in which I’m building the feature. In essence the “Website Feature” is in both places and full trackable in boards, reports, etc. However, you can see here the benefit over a simple “have this entity in two folders” approach. What I’m doing by thinking through where the actual “item” entity resides in my company structure, I come up with a more accurate representation of the work. If I just had this in two equal folders, I don’t have this level of detail.
So this is an example of where you guys have really figured out a solution that shines.
I hope I made sense. I am really starting to see the sophistication of how you guys have structured Fibery, really forward-thinking and very eager to see what you come up with next!
Cheers.