The need
Every project carries recurring back-office work — set up the client in accounting, kick off billing, create the security account — that isn't field work and doesn't belong on the installers' project plan. Teams want a fast way to drop a standard set of these office/admin to-dos onto a project so nothing's forgotten, without muddying the field/product task list.
Why this matters
Mixing admin chores into the field plan makes the plan noisier and the real install work harder to see. A reusable office/admin checklist applied per project keeps that work tracked and consistent across jobs while the plan stays focused on field execution.
Open questions
- Extend the existing To-Do template (today it only carries checklist items) so a template can spin up multiple To-Dos on a project?
- Apply on demand, or auto-apply per project / project-type?
- Assignment and defaults for the generated to-dos?
- Relationship to the office/field task tag (a complementary way to separate admin from field).
Possible directions
Exploratory, not commitments.
- A project-level ‘apply office/admin template’ that creates a standard set of To-Dos.
- Templated To-Do sets by project type.