One task contributing to several goals

Question

Hello everyone!

I wonder how other teams handle the following situation:

In OST methodology it is implied that one solution/initiative/task "contributes" to one problem/opportunity/goal. So everything fits a clean tree structure. But what I experience in practice is that one task contributes to several goals.

Let us say, we have Goal 1 and Goal 2. Task 1 that contributes to Goal 1,  Task 2 contributes to both and Task 3 that contributes to Goal 2. What I want is to be able to show to wider leadership team "we are working on Task 2 and Task 3 and see how they affect those two goals". Attaching Task 2 to both goals would sort of  work, but I would rather avoid creating false impression of doing more work that we actually are.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Tatiana

Tanguy Crusson · Accepted Answer

Hi Tatiana, I can think of 3 ways:

1. Filter to only show Tasks, group by Goals.

Con: the same Task would appear multiple times, not solving for "I would rather avoid creating false impression of doing more work that we actually are."

2. Create a board, filter to show Goals, add Tasks as a field

It's the same as #1, except that each task would appear as a line item on each card so it would take less space / look a bit less like double counting

3. Create a board, filter to show Tasks, add Goals as a field

The inverted version of #2. This one would clearly show which tasks help with multiple goals.