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To-dos for the whole team. No more one-person show.

Pitron is a to-do list for a team. Write what needs doing in one line. Pitron works out who should take it and says why, and that person answers with one tap. The work goes to people, not to an AI.

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Acme · To-dos

A short film of Pitron’s to-do page, with a made-up team. Alex types “Draft the launch email” into the line for a new to-do and presses Enter. The to-do is on the page at once, and under it, beside Pitron’s mark at work, it says: Working out who. A moment later the suggestion arrives: Suggested, Mina, Marketing, Content, handles campaigns, newsletter. Beside it are Give to Mina, Someone else, and Not now. Alex presses Give to Mina. The row says Noted, and the to-do is with Mina. On Mina’s page it reads: from Alex, open just now, with On it, Done and Can’t take it beside it. Mina presses O, and it says On it. Two hours later Mina presses D, and it says Done, took 2 hours.

The whole team

Every to-do has one person on it, and everyone can see who. The next one can go to someone else.

People, not AI

Pitron suggests who. A person decides, and a person does the work.

With the reason

Each suggestion says why: the person’s team, their role, what they handle, how much they hold.

People, not AI

The work goes to people, not to an AI.

Pitron does not do your team’s work, and it does not hand it to a machine. It gets each to-do to a person who can take it, says why that person, and keeps track of the answer.

  1. Pitron suggests who.
  2. A person decides.
  3. A person does the work.

To-dos

People

Four to-dos, each linked to the person suggested for it. Priya answers Can’t take it, and that one goes to Mina. Sam, who already has 6 open, gets nothing new.

How it works

One line in. The right person on it.

Pitron’s engine is there for one thing: getting each to-do to the right person. The rest is a list your whole team can read.

The pictures on this page show a made-up team. Alex leads it. Mina, Sam, Owen and Priya do the work.

  1. Write it.

    One line, the way you would say it in chat. Press Enter and it is on the page at once. Nothing waits.

    The line for a new to-do with “Draft the launch email” written in it, for Me, with no day, and the Add button.

  2. Pitron works out who.

    It weighs the to-do against what it knows of each person: their team, their role, what they usually handle, what they took on lately, and how much they have open. In the product its mark moves only while it is really working.

    The new to-do’s row, “Draft the launch email”, open just now. Under it, beside Pitron’s mark at work: Working out who.

  3. You decide.

    A suggestion is a name and a reason, made of that person’s own facts. Give the to-do to them in one tap, give it to someone else, or put the suggestion away. Pitron never gives a to-do away by itself.

    The same row with Pitron’s suggestion under it: Suggested, Mina, Marketing, Content, handles campaigns and newsletter. Beside it: Give to Mina, Someone else, and Not now.

  4. A person answers.

    On it, Done, or Can’t take it, which sends it back to you with the reason. One tap each, and On it and Done have a key of their own. Everyone can see where it stands.

    The to-do on Mina’s page: Draft the launch email, from Alex, open just now. Three answers beside it: On it, with the key O; Done, with the key D; and Can’t take it.

A name and a reason. The last word is yours.

Pitron suggests only when one person clearly stands out. When nobody does, it says nothing, and the to-do stays with you.

What your team decides is noted, and the next suggestion uses it: who took what lately, and what was handed back as not theirs.

For a bigger job it can propose the steps too, each with a person. You keep, change or drop them before anything is added.

Four to-dos · who Pitron suggested, and what Alex decided

Sample team

Four to-dos from a made-up team: who Pitron suggested for each and why, and what the lead decided.
To-doSuggestedBecauseAlex decided
Draft the launch emailMinaMarketing · Content · handles campaigns, newsletterGiven to Mina
Call the accountant about the VAT filingOwenOperations · handles invoices, contracts · fewest openGiven to Owen
New pricing pageMinaMarketing · Content · handles campaigns, newsletterGiven to Priya · noted: Priya, not Mina
Tidy up the shared driveNobodyNobody stood outLeft with Alex

Who is carrying what

Everyone can see who is carrying what.

A team that runs on chat loses three things: one person ends up carrying most of the work, to-dos get forgotten, and nobody can see what got done. Pitron keeps all three on the page.

What needs you comes to the top.

Your page starts with what is yours to move: what was handed back to you, what is waiting for your answer, what is late, and what has gone quiet.

The “Needs you” part of Alex’s page, with 3 to-dos: handed back to you, waiting for your answer, late, or gone quiet. Renew the domain was handed back a day ago, with Take it and Give to beside it. Send the contract to the venue is with Owen, with no answer in 4 days. Fix the billing export is with Sam, on it for 3 days and 2 days late.

A lead sees people, not a wall of to-dos.

One row for each person: what they are on now, how many they have open, what is late, how long since anything moved. A row opens that person’s list. In a company of many teams, each manager sees their own people and each team its own, so nobody’s page is as long as the company.

The “Your people” part of Alex’s page: 4 people directly below you, those who need a look first. Sam, developer, is on Fix the billing export and Move invoices to the new template: 6 open, 1 late, changed 2 hours ago. Owen, operations, has nothing started: 2 open, no change in 4 days. Mina, content, is on Draft the launch email: 3 open, changed just now. Priya, designer, is on New pricing page: 2 open, changed 1 hour ago.

What got done stays on the record.

Done lists what each person finished, month by month, with how long it took and who it came from. Nobody has to write it up.

A part of the Done page for November: Owen finished 3 of the 14 to-dos finished this month. Send the October invoices, Friday 13 November, took 2 days. Look over the pricing draft, Thursday 12 November, took 3 hours, from Alex. Close the books for October, Tuesday 10 November, took 4 days.

Keyboard first

At keyboard speed.

Everything on the to-do page can be done without the mouse, with keys most people already know. A change shows the moment the key is pressed, and one key takes it back. On a phone, each answer is one tap.

Some of Pitron’s keyboard shortcuts.
A new to-do, from any page
C
The next row, the row before
JK
Open the to-do
↵
On it
O
Done
D
Undo your latest answer
Z
For: who it is for
A
By: the day and time
B
Priority
P
Change the text
E
Go to People
GthenP
All shortcuts
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