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When is it a good time to use Dingo?

Here are some ways you can use Dingo to greatly improve both communication and accountability:

  • You need to delegate assignments. Create a task and assign it to the rest of the team.
  • You need a reminder for a task you should complete. Create a task and assign it to yourself.
  • You need somebody else to take control over a task, or just help. Add a new resource to a current task.
  • You need to store a document. Attach a document to the appropriate item.
  • You have to send and record some sensitive information, but email does not seem safe enough. Store the information into a document and attach it to the appropriate item.  *
  • You need to ask a question and put it out there. Create a task and wait. When you’re satisfied with the response, close it. The information will be stored away for others to see.
  • You want to offer suggestions.  Add a comment.
  • You want to gather the results of your research in one place. Create a task and systematically gather information, in the form of comments or attachments.   Everything ends up in one place.
  • You have some ideas that can later develop into a project. Create a project and fill it with tasks. Here is a list you won’t lose. Come back to it later, when you are ready to take on the work.
  • You want to evaluate the resources needed for a project or task. Create a project and tasks. As you work, record your time spent on each task. When you’re done, print a report totaling all your hours, or share it with others online.

All interaction you may need to have with others in your group, as well as all the efforts that go into planning and completing a project can be reduced to the few actions above. When these basic ways of communication are covered, you can (if you wish) start to freely embroider on your process, with no major risks attached.


* Taskhopper Dingo is by default, no safer than any other aspect of Joomla.   However, by adding SSL to your Dingo application is a simple/inexpensive way to increase data security.   The point is more that emailing sensitive documents is never a good idea.  Using a secure connetion and having users come to the document is often a better method.