Jobs and joblists

Plint revolves around "things that need to be done". A thing that needs to be done is called a Job in Plint. Jobs can be completed in different ways (from just clicking "Done" to changing status after using the online editor to translate a feature film), but they all have the following in common:

• Jobs are always linked to projects.
  • A collection of jobs linked to a project is called a joblist. 
• The confirmation status needs to be Confirmed in order for work to begin.
  • This is typically done by the assignee as a first step.  
  • But jobs can be set to Confirmed from the start, for example with in-house tasks.
• They can have different statuses.
  • In process means that the job still needs to be done.
  • Awaiting corrections means that a job has been set to Done and then reopened for additional work.
  • Done = completed. 
  • Cancelled means, well, cancelled.
• Jobs can have parent jobs.
  • Until the Parent job is Done, the child job is not open for work.

A typical joblist

A joblist in "Tree" view, showing interdependencies. The "Verify media" job cannot start until "Media upload" is Done, and so on.