How to organize your development tasks and to-do list

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Benjamin already has a developer and a freelancer working on developing his project. He is currently managing all the to-dos on a Google spreadsheet, and he’d like to improve the process and have a better overview of the tasks under development. Today I’m going to answer a question from Benjamin, the founder of a virtual reality startup. His question is... How can I organize the development tasks and the to-do list? Before answering this question, let’s add a bit of context.Benjamin already has a developer and a freelancer working on developing his project.He is currently managing all the to-dos on a Google [Sheet] spreadsheet , and he’d like to improve the process and have a better overview of the tasks under development.So first, let’s start with a basic recommendation: the project management methodology most suitable for startups is Agile Scrum. Agile Scrum is the way to go There’s tons of great, very detailed content on the Web that cover this methodology , but I’m going to give you a glimpse of how it works.It’s all based on continuous improvement and it’s basically focused on what we call a sprint period.Let me illustrate. How to manage to-dos The way we tend to manage a to-do list without Agile Scrum is usually this way.We have: To-dos In progress, and Done You might also have extra columns like “To review.” Agile sprint structure The principle of Scrum is to split the main to-do list in many different to-do lists, one to-do list per sprint period.Then all your to-dos are grouped and planned according to what you want to accomplish at the end of each sprint. Agile Scrum principles Sprint of two weeks Gather ideas in a backlog Sprint planning session Demo session Retrospective meeting Daily Scrum meeting 1. Sprint of two weeks To get started, define a sprint period of one or two weeks.Before starting a sprint, it’s key that you define a clear global goal for the sprint. Adding a specific functionality or improving something. This will be the theme of the upco