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- Weekly Template. Only Skoach allows you to structure your week top-down. You start by defining "Time Categories" - Work, Family, Sleep, Leisure, etc... You then use these categories to create a Weekly Template which puts your top-level categories into a very usable structure. You can then use the template to think about new tasks that must be done and to create category-specific to-do lists (stuff for work, a separate list for home chores...).
- Designed the way you think. By grouping tasks by time-range and category, Skoach presents your tasks-lists in a way that very much reflects how we think about tasks. In particular, we usually plan in two "coordinates" : time (stuff I've got to do tomorrow, this week, etc..) and category (stuff for work, chores for the house....). Skoach allows you to plan and review tasks the same natural structure.
- Commitment Bar. Because Skoach always prompts you to estimate the duration of any new task, Skoach also track your anticipated work-load. So for example, you might tab-click on "Tomorrow" and "Work", and immediately see that your Commitment Bar is at 80%. This means that you've already "committed" 80% of the available time for work tomorrow ( as defined in your Weekly Template). Even if you have not actually scheduled specific times for these work-tasks, they have still been designated for "sometime" tomorrow, and naturally detract from your available time. This is immediate visual feedback that's easy to monitor as you plan your day and add new tasks. The idea is to help people balance their work-load so they can be balanced and productive while avoiding the "over-commitment" trap.
- Auto Plan. Skoach has a sophisticated algorithm which works directly off your task-list to schedule tasks and integrate your to-do's and appointments into a single cohesive schedule.