Digitalcube_Backlog_Police_s__Task_Management_Course - Concepts_EN

At an internal study session, mainly for new employees, I explained "Why do we use Backlog for task management?"
I also introduced some examples of how not to manage tasks in this way.

1. Backlog Police’s
Task Management Course
!Concepts!

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•2020/7- Digital Cube

- Director (PM and PMO)

- Internal alias: Backlog Police!
•Formerly a content marketer 

at a human resources company
•Running T-1000 on Backlog!
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3. •The character in Terminator 2.
•Comes from the future to kill the main character
•He notifies you of overdue tasks 

every Tuesday via Typetalk
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My blog) Talk about running a Backlog Police bot on Typetalk to patrol for overdue tasks.
https://mamelogy.com/archives/127/

4. Why do we manage tasks?
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5. (Assumption)
Talk about skills and stances.
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Skills and Stances
Soft Skills (Portable Skills)
Skills that can be carried to different
industries and sectors.
Interpersonal, self, and task
Stance
Values and attitudes toward work and
things
Hard Skills (Technical Skills)
Specialized knowledge and skills.
What generally comes to mind when
people think of skills.

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Soft Skills (Portable Skills)
Skills that can be carried to different
industries and sectors.
Interpersonal, self, and task
Stance
Values and attitudes toward work and
things
Hard Skills (Technical Skills)
Specialized knowledge and skills.
What generally comes to mind when
people think of skills.

8. I will use an analogy
that is “difficult” to understand.
- Rice Cultivation
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Mr. O, a rice farmer living in a rice-producing area
•Concurrent farmer. Perhaps an infrastructure
engineer?
•He grows rice in the vast rice paddies he inherited
from his ancestors
•He has formed a corporation 

in his community and works with his neighbors

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Soil preparation
Preparation of seedlings
and rice planting
Weeding and other
management
Fertilizing and watering
Harvesting and drying rice
Rice milling, packing and
storage
Sales
To the table!

11. If Mr. O could not manage
his tasks…
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Mr. O, a rice farmer who lives in a rice-producing area
and cannot manage tasks
•®Let's do soil preparation sometime soon.¯
•®I'm late in planting rice.¯
•®Someone will do the weeding.¯
•®I forgot to maintain the machinery.¯
•®Oh, I forgot to tell the members the harvest date.¯

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Soil preparation
Preparation of seedlings
and rice planting
Weeding and other
management
Fertilizing and watering
Harvesting and drying rice
Rice milling, packing and
storage
Sales
To the table!

14. Weeding and other
management
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Soil preparation
Preparation of seedlings
and rice planting
Fertilizing and watering
Harvesting and drying rice
Rice milling, packing and
storage
Sales
To the table!

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Mr. O, a rice farmer who lives in a rice-producing area
and cannot manage tasks
•Unable to plant rice at the optimum season
•Inability to respond appropriately to growth
•Rice quality will decrease
•Yield will drop

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Mr. O, a rice farmer who lives in a rice-producing area
and cannot manage tasks
•Unable to plant rice at the optimum season
•Inability to respond appropriately to growth
•Rice quality will decrease
•Yield will drop
•Consumers can not receive rice
•Vendors who were planning to buy his rice are in trouble
•His team and their families are in trouble 

because of the lack of revenue

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Mr. O, a rice farmer who lives in a rice-producing area
and cannot manage tasks
•Unable to plant rice at the optimum season
•Inability to respond appropriately to growth
•Rice quality will decrease
•Yield will drop
•Consumers can not receive rice
•Vendors who were planning to buy his rice are in trouble
•His team and their families are in trouble 

because of the lack of revenue
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18. Back to the point.
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19. Why do we manage tasks?
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Three reasons why task management is necessary

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Three reasons why task management is necessary
1. Because we need it to keep our business moving without a hitch
Companies that can't make or keep promises will lose customers

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Three reasons why task management is necessary
1. Because we need it to keep our business moving without a hitch
2. Because we work as a team
Companies that can't make or keep promises will lose customers
If you work alone, a TODO list is sufficient, but because you are a team, 

you need to visualize your work.

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Three reasons why task management is necessary
1. Because we need it to keep our business moving without a hitch
2. Because we work as a team
3. People, goods, money, and time are finite
Companies that can't make or keep promises will lose customers
If you work alone, a TODO list is sufficient, but because you are a team, 

you need to visualize your work.
If you had an infinite amount of time, 

you could do whatever you wanted, but...

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There is a certain task management that is not good

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There is a certain task management that is not good
0. Not create tasks
Create tasks so that everyone around you can see what you are going to do and when you are
going to do it!

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There is a certain task management that is not good
0. Not create tasks
1. Not managing deadlines
Create tasks so that everyone around you can see what you are going to do and when you are
going to do it!
Don't neglect them. Your time and skills are limited. Set priorities and move forward!

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There is a certain task management that is not good
0. Not create tasks
1. Not managing deadlines
2. Don't change your assignments or take on too much
on your own
Create tasks so that everyone around you can see what you are going to do and when you are
going to do it!
Don't neglect them. Your time and skills are limited. Set priorities and move forward!
If you work as a team and pass the work around appropriately, 

it will lead to better results.

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There is a certain task management that is not good
0. Not create tasks
1. Not managing deadlines
2. Don't change your assignments or take on too much
on your own
Create tasks so that everyone around you can see what you are going to do and when you are
going to do it!
Don't neglect them. Your time and skills are limited. Set priorities and move forward!
If you work as a team and pass the work around appropriately, 

it will lead to better results.
3. Tasks with ambiguous content
If the next person gets in trouble, 

you will be the one who gets in trouble in the end.

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Next Time
Backlog Police Task
Management Course
!How to use!

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Next Time
Backlog Police Task
Management Course
!How to use!
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We have this information in-house
How to conduct business at Digital Cube - Basic Rules
https://XXXlog.backlog.jp/alias/wiki/XXX
https://XXXlog.backlog.jp/alias/wiki/XXX
Backlog Ticket Operation Methods
https://XXXlog.backlog.jp/alias/wiki/XXX
Communication Rules

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Here is some information outside
!There's a lot of information out there!
About Wiki
Document
Backlog Youtube Channel
Backlog Advent Calendar

33. Thank you for your attention.
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