Examples of task types

What are task types?

Task types is the function employed in Wired Relation to differentiate between the large variety of tasks in Wired Relations.

In a typical Wired Relations setup you might see tasks related to:

And much more.

To avoid these tasks all muddling together into an incoherent mess, we make use of task types.

A tasks given task type can always be seen on the task as a coloured label.

From the task overview we're able to filter on task types, so that we might see all tasks of that type.

It's possible to have up to 45 different task types at once.

As always, you can edit the task types from the settings menu.

Task type examples

Here's a list of task types you can use as inspiration for the task types you might want on your site.

Vendor audit
Typically recurring tasks setup to remind users to audit vendors.
Ad hoc
Any non recurring tasks that may not belong under a regular task type
Controls
Control tasks related to governance. (sometimes named to match the frameworks they belong to (ISO controls, CIS controls etc.)
Risk assessments
Recurring tasks to revisit or complete risk assessments.
Risk mitigation
Risk mitigation tasks. Typically differentiated from Risk assessment tasks as these are non-recurring.
Document maintenance
Recurring tasks to remind users to maintain documentation. Could encompass that be policies, procedures, processing activities etc.
Processing activities
Recurring and ad-hoc tasks related to processing activities
Deletion
Recurring tasks to remind system owners to delete old personal data off of their systems. (Could be manual deletion, or a check that the automatic deletion works)

What are some typical task types, and how do I best use task types?