{"id":98,"date":"2017-10-24T08:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T08:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/stop-tasks\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:38:34","slug":"stop-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/stop-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Enforce the Order of Checklists, Hand off Tasks and More with Stop Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to announce the release of \u270b\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/stop-tasks\/\">stop tasks<\/a> \u2014 a new way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/stop-tasks\/\">control how teams work<\/a> through checklists.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>Stop Tasks are a feature on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/support\/\">Standard\u00a0Plan.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L5XQMNGpyRE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A stop task prevents you and your team from progressing through a checklist until the stop task has been completed.<\/p>\n<p>This enforces the order of tasks, facilitates hand-offs, improves accountability, and gives process creators more control over how their checklists are used.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Stop-Task-Gif-Explanation-2.gif\" width=\"1291\" height=\"715\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stop tasks also help to reduce email and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/docs\/inbox\/\">inbox<\/a> clutter, as tasks are only assigned after stop tasks are completed.<\/p>\n<p>Some use cases include: fully enforcing the order of a checklist, gathering requirements before kicking off a checklist, and adding approval points.<\/p>\n<p>For more ideas on how to use stop tasks, check out our post below:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.process.st\/stop-tasks\/\">6 Ways to Use Stop Tasks to Improve Your Team&#8217;s Workflow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to announce the release of \u270b\u00a0stop tasks \u2014 a new way to control how teams work through checklists. Note: Stop Tasks are a feature on our Standard\u00a0Plan. A stop task prevents you and your team from progressing through a checklist until the stop task has been completed. This enforces the order of tasks, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"available_plan":"All plans","available_product":"Workflows","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-feature","tag-stop-tasks"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.process.st\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}