Personal dashboard for managing parallel projects
A visual system to manage multiple personal and professional projects without losing control.
Create a centralized dashboard that provides visibility into the status, priority, and next steps of all simultaneous projects.
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Create a centralized dashboard that provides visibility into the status, priority, and next steps of all simultaneous projects.
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Bruno Nascimento, a full-stack developer in Recife, works 8 hours a day in a CLT position, has 2 active freelance clients, is building his own SaaS, and is pursuing a graduate degree. He keeps missing deadlines because he has no visibility into the big picture.
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Design a Personal Project Dashboard to manage all my simultaneous work streams. **My active projects:** [LIST EACH PROJECT WITH A ONE-LINE DESCRIPTION — e.g.: - Day job: feature development for a fintech app - Freelance 1: website for a dental practice (deadline: March) - Personal project: appointment scheduling SaaS (MVP phase) - Studies: MBA in product management] **Dashboard tool:** [Notion/Asana/Trello/Google Sheets] **Structure it as follows:** 1) **Overview (Board View)**: - Each project as a card with: status (active/paused/completed), priority (P1-P3), % progress, next milestone, deadline - Visual health indicator: green/yellow/red - Hours invested this week vs. planned 2) **Project-Level View**: - Task backlog with effort estimates - Next 3 concrete actions (always visible) - Dependencies and blockers - Quick links (repo, docs, client contact) 3) **Weekly View (Timeline)**: - Which projects will I work on this week? - Hours allocated per project (realistic given my availability) - Identified scheduling conflicts 4) **Prioritization System**: - Criteria for deciding what gets focus this week - When to pause a project without guilt - Rule of
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