Paper planning, read at a glance
Plan on a wall. Read it from across the room.
Tallyhand is a reference for boards you can see without a screen. It covers how to choose a surface, lay out columns, label cards and keep the whole board honest over time.
Six boards
One job for each board
Each module below opens its section in the guide. The caption on each module names the board and the job it does best.
Our working rules
Three rules we keep
Tallyhand is written for people who want a plan they can see from the kitchen, the hallway or the desk. These rules shape every page on this site.
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One job per board
A board that answers three questions answers none of them well. Give each surface a single job, and let the other questions live on a separate sheet.
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Visible beats complete
A board kept in a drawer is an archive. Keep the boards you use in view, and let the rest stay small, dated and out of the way.
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Measure before you build
Column widths and card sizes decide what fits. The planner does the division for you, and the guide shows the same arithmetic by hand.
Measure a wall, then draw it
The planner asks five short questions: the purpose, the surface size, the columns and cards, a name, and then a review. It draws your surface to scale and lists column widths and card counts. Nothing you enter leaves the page.