Org Mode shenanigans for task management, notes, etc

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I was using it to track my daily tasks as software engineer. The stack was Doom Emacs with EVIL on desktop, and Beorg for iOS.

I like that Org-mode allows modification of task states, in which I add INPROGRESS, INTEST, FEEDBACK and HOLD for the TODO part, also MERGED and CANCELLED for the DONE part. I cannot find this feature in any other Task Management app. Tasks has this feature implemented in kanban style, but the macOS app needs Big Sur.

I also like the Org Agenda functionality, lets me backtrack of what I did on a specific day. I only need to click a date tag [2020-06-22 Mon] and will be redirected to that day’s tasks/notes/status changes list. Useful for weekly planning or daily stand-up meeting.

The fact that it is a plain text and Vi keybindings support make it easy to record past activities (which I cannot do with Things 3) for backtracking purpose.

Example of my Org-mode file below. I redacted the project and people names. I only include 1 epic-task per area.

Org-mode file example, <company>-tasks.org 
* Active
** HOLD Upgrade <internal project> to vX :WWW:refactor:
:LOGBOOK:
- State "HOLD"       from "INPROGRESS" [2020-06-22 Mon] \\
  Helped by @ColleagueName to debug the componentName bug
- Note taken on [2020-06-15 Mon] \\
  Reworked =componentName= component.
- State "INPROGRESS"                   [2020-05-20 Wed]
:END:

* Merged
** MERGED Headline Component tweak :APP:refactor:
:PROPERTIES:
:SLACK: [[<Slack https link>][thread by @ColleagueName]]
:END:
:LOGBOOK:
- State "MERGED"     from "INTEST"     [2020-10-01 Thu 11:50]
- State "INTEST"     from "INPROGRESS" [2020-09-30 Wed]
- State "INPROGRESS" from "TODO"       [2020-09-30 Wed]
- State "TODO"                         [2020-09-30 Wed]
:END:

* Deployed
** DONE Replace Deprecated Queries :WWW:refactor:
CLOSED: [2020-09-30 Wed 02:18]
:PROPERTIES:
:JIRA: [[<Jira https link>][BAN-<CODE>]]
:SLACK: [[<Slack https link>][Slack Message]]
:END:
:LOGBOOK:
- State "DONE"       from "MERGED"     [2020-09-30 Wed 15:48] \\
  WWW [[<Slack https link for the merge link>][vX.X.XXX]]
- State "MERGED"     from "INPROGRESS" [2020-09-30 Wed 02:18]
- State "INTEST"     from "INPROGRESS" [2020-09-29 Tue]
- State "INPROGRESS" from "HOLD"       [2020-09-28 Mon]
- State "HOLD"       from "INPROGRESS" [2020-09-24 Thu]
- State "INPROGRESS" from "TODO"       [2020-09-24 Thu]
- State "TODO"                         [2020-09-24 Thu] \\
  Task from @ColleagueName's report on the thread, and I proposed to do it from FE side
:END:

* Canceled
** CANCELLED <Outlier Task Name> :APP:hotfix:
CLOSED: [2020-09-22 Tue]
:LOGBOOK:
- State "CANCELLED"  from "INPROGRESS" [2020-09-22 Tue] \\
  @ColleagueName found a better way than mine. [[file:<date-format>.org][2020-09-22]]
- State "INPROGRESS" from "TODO"       [2020-09-18 Fri] \\
  @ColleagueName found this bug while testing [[id:<ID>][§Another TaskName]]
:END:

* Permit
- Sick leave on [[file:<date-format>.org][<Date>]].

I ditched the workflow for good about 3 months ago and now I use 2Do with Obsidian and Hook.

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