Overview

Every day, millions of people struggle with task management apps that contradict their natural thinking patterns. Tools designed to boost productivity frequently become sources of frustration instead. Stack reimagines task management by aligning with how people naturally organize their thoughts and tasks.

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Timeline

1 month

Role

Product Designer

Tools

Figma, Notion, Xcode

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Problem Statement

Traditional task management applications create a fundamental contradiction: they require so many steps to organize tasks that they actually reduce productivity instead of enhancing it. Users face multiple friction points:

• Complex forms requiring multiple fields to be filled for each task
• Excessive clicks to categorize and organize information
• Rigid structures that don't adapt to individual thinking styles
• Cognitive overhead that defeats the purpose of productivity tools

Through user research, I discovered that people spend an average of 2-3 minutes organizing a single task across multiple fields and categories—valuable time that could be spent on actual productive work.

Research & Discovery