Structured work
Tasks, docs and decisions in one record type, so a search returns the decision as readily as the ticket that prompted it.
Each surface is a full page of content on its own. The tab strip is an enhancement, not the structure.
Break an objective into work that fits in a week. Dependencies are declared once and drawn everywhere, so a slipped date shows up on the plan it affects rather than in someone's inbox.
Boards, lists and a calendar over the same records. Changing the view never changes the data, so two teams can look at one backlog through the lens each prefers.
Comments resolve against a revision rather than floating free, and an approval records who approved what, not merely that somebody did.
Dashboards read from the same records the work lives in. There is no export step, so a number on a dashboard is never a fortnight behind the thing it describes.
Tasks, docs and decisions in one record type, so a search returns the decision as readily as the ticket that prompted it.
Filter, group and sort are independent. Any combination is a URL, which means a view is something you can send to a colleague.
Rules are stated as sentences and shown in full before they run. An automation nobody can read is an outage waiting for a quiet afternoon.
Every field keeps its previous values. Reverting is reading the record, not restoring a backup.
A workspace starts closed. Sharing is a deliberate act with an audit line attached to it.
What you export imports again. Leaving is supported rather than merely permitted.
Roadmaps that survive contact with a shipping date.
Campaign calendars with the assets attached to the dates.
Recurring work that does not depend on anyone remembering it.