Advanced Content Navigator for Confluence Use Case

Challenges

Limitations of Confluence Tasks

Confluence content creators maintain pages, update page statuses, and manage related tasks. They often use Confluence’s native task management feature to create and assign tasks within Confluence. But, many times, they face difficulties when using this feature. Although Confluence is a powerful tool, it has some limitations when it comes to task management:

• Finding tasks can be time-consuming as it requires multiple clicks.
• Confluence’s Tasks only lists personal tasks (in an unstructured format), making task management cumbersome.
• The native status management is not convenient - neither the overview nor the status settings work smoothly by default.
• In more complex cases, you must create a separate Jira project to effectively manage tasks.

Solution

Advanced Content Navigator for Confluence - task management simplified

Meta-Inf’s Advanced Content Navigator for Confluence (ACNC) is a cutting-edge Atlassian productivity app that helps you discover unread pages without drowning in email notifications. It gives you an overview of page trees enhanced with attachments, tasks, statuses, and history - all at hand without opening the pages themselves.

With ACNC, you can easily navigate through tasks, check and set page statuses, all from a single page. This not only simplifies task management but also saves valuable time that can be spent on core project activities. To overcome Confluence’s limitations, ACNC offers a solution for simplifying task management:

• It provides an easy overview of all related tasks on a page, allowing content creators to gain a simple view of tasks and enabling users to quickly find the tasks they are looking for.
• Page statuses help you quickly identify the pages in a certain status of your interest (e.g. those that are ready for review.) You can easily set the color-coded status of every child page in one place without opening the pages themselves.
• It improves efficiency by saving time on tracking new tasks related to specific pages.
• There’s no need to create a separate Jira project for task management; you can manage tasks along with the underlying product/content.

Lightweight Project Management tool

While there is Jira, Atlassian’s robust project management tool, the use of ACNC is recommended when it comes to managing simpler, smaller tasks, which does not justify the creation of a Jira project, or for projects where the final product is created in Confluence itself. In fact, it is essential for anyone creating Confluence content and needing to set page statuses. This way, you don't have to manage tasks in a separate tool and do your work in another.

By simplifying status management and making task lists transparent, ACNC can meet Confluence challenges and can be used as a great lightweight project management tool.

Key features

Tasks

See all related tasks on a page.

Status Management

Set or check the color-coded status of every child page in one place.

Child Pages

Display all child pages with elevated functionality.

Clickable Page Headings

By clicking on a page heading in the page structure, you can easily navigate to the given page.

Jira Issue Links

See all associated Jira issues of the given page via issue links.

Attachments

Browse through every attachment without opening the Confluence page.

Unread Pages

Instead of Confluence's hard-to-follow notifications, see which pages you need to read in an intuitive interface.

Page History

View the versions of the given page at a glance with version comments.

Results

With ACNC, you can overcome Confluence Tasks’ limitations and transform Confluence into a more effective tool for your project management needs.

ACNC’s ability to provide an overview of all page-related tasks is a game-changer. It allows content creators and space admins to quickly check tasks, thereby improving efficiency and productivity. There’s no need to create a separate Jira project for task management. You can manage less complex tasks right within Confluence, keeping all your project information in one place.

With ACNC, you get a powerful tool that helps drive your projects to success. By harnessing its power, you can streamline your task management processes, improve collaboration, and ultimately, achieve your project goals.

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