DEVELOPMENT OF A TASK MANAGEMENT TOOL PROTOTYPE FOR SMALL TEAMS: APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

Effective task management is a critical success factor for small teams, but market analysis shows that most corporate solutions are overly functional and not adapted to the specific needs of small teams. It is often difficult to implement such systems. In environments where simplicity and speed of work are a priority, the difficulties for implementation are high complexity and lack of work with new technologies. This article will consider an approach to developing a task management tool. It will have an intuitive interface for employee coordination and task allocation.

For development, we have considered many approaches and identified those that are suitable for our tool. Much attention was paid to testing the techniques in real conditions. For small teams, such conditions as communication between employees, the current distribution of tasks, as well as transparency of processes were considered. The User Experience was also analyzed, which was focused on several groups with different responsibilities.

The architecture of the project was built on a modern stack. Technologies such as JavaScript were used to work with Backend or server logic. For the visual component, HTML was used to create the frame side and Tailwind CSS to overlay a beautiful visual component on the frame. Grafana was also used to build metrics and dashboards. The practical significance of the work is confirmed by the results of testing a functioning prototype in a real small team. The conducted validation demonstrated a reduction in operating costs for administration, a 25% reduction in time spent on setting and monitoring tasks, as well as achieving full transparency of work processes thanks to the implemented visual analytics system.