My Week and To-Do are both features in Karbon designed to help you manage your work, but they focus on different levels of detail and provide distinct overviews.
My Week:
My Week provides a holistic view of your involvement in entire Work Items. It utilizes a 'work card' for each Work Item you are assigned to or have tasks/budgets within. This card aggregates information relevant to your participation in that Work Item, offering a contextual overview that may differ from a colleague's view of the same item. This allows you to readily understand the overall progress of the Work, identify key priorities, and decide what to focus on next within the broader context of the Work Item.
My Week also employs smart filters that dynamically appear based on your current view and the Work Items on your list, such as a filter for overdue items if applicable. Furthermore, items in My Week are listed by status, ordered from Completed to Planned, helping you prioritize items that are further along in their workflow.
To-Do:
In contrast, the To-Do list focuses on individual tasks for which you are the sole assignee. Each task is presented individually, without the aggregated context of the larger Work Item. To understand the overall progress of the Work and where your specific task fits in, you need to navigate to the Work Item itself. The To-Do list requires you to manually apply different filters to view specific sets of tasks, and from this filtered list, you can determine your next actions. While functional, the filtering in To-Do is static, requiring you to select the criteria.
Key Differences Summarized:
Scope: My Week focuses on your involvement in entire Work Items; To-Do focuses on individual tasks assigned only to you.
Overview: My Week provides a contextual 'work card' summarizing your involvement in a Work Item; To-Do lists individual tasks equally, requiring you to seek broader context.
Filtering: My Week features dynamic smart filters based on your current view and workload; To-Do requires manual selection of filters.
Prioritization: My Week lists items by Work Item status (Completed to Planned) for inherent prioritization; To-Do treats all tasks equally in the list.
Example:
If you have Work Items or tasks that are overdue, My Week will automatically display an 'Overdue' filter. Clicking this filter will instantly narrow your view to those critical items, helping you prioritize immediate action. The To-Do list, on the other hand, would require you to manually select a 'Due Date' filter and specify a date range to identify overdue tasks.