What needs to happen?
Use your project tool to define work, ownership, deadlines, dependencies, and progress.
desk.fm and project tools
Your project board and your team board are not the same thing.
Jira, Asana, ClickUp, and similar tools organize projects, tasks, owners, dates, and workflows. desk.fm focuses on the human layer around that work: who is here, what has their attention now, and whether they can be reached.
Keep structured work where it belongs.
| Project management | Tasks, work items, priorities, due dates, dependencies, milestones, workflows, and reporting. | A durable source of truth for planning and delivery. |
|---|---|---|
| desk.fm | Workday status, current focus, availability, connection state, and brief pings. | A live view of the people doing the work. |
Atlassian describes Jira around planning, assigning, tracking, timelines, and reporting. Those are valuable project functions that desk.fm does not reproduce. See Jira’s official feature overview.
A task status cannot always tell you whether someone is free.
A work item may remain in progress for several days. It does not necessarily show whether its owner is currently in a meeting, taking a break, focusing deeply, or available for a quick question.
What is happening now?
Use desk.fm to share the immediate focus and the status teammates choose for the day.
Can I reach this person?
Check presence and availability before interrupting someone or opening another task comment.
No duplicate project system to maintain.
desk.fm has no backlog, sprint, task hierarchy, due date, or project report. A teammate can summarize their current focus in plain language and update it in seconds. Your existing project system remains the source of truth.
Add awareness, not another workflow.
Keep your project tools and give the team a calm live view beside them.
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