Information for Developers
See. Plan. Do.
Quick Overview
This page contains information for developers wanting to extend DoView Boards or include them in other apps, platforms or systems. DoView Boards are an open source project under an Apache-2.0 license. The Github is at https://github.com/DoViewPlanning/doview-boards.
The very liberal policy for how you are allowed to use the DoView name is discussed here. In summary, we are just restricting the use of ‘Official DoView …’ and the implication that we are endorsing an app or implementation. If you want the Official DoView Badge for a Standards-Compliant Board Structure, get in touch. If you want to collaborate with us on collaborative DoView Board-related projects get in touch.
DoView boards are a proven approach to planning that can be adapted to any topic, context, or scale, and are shaped by thousands of real-world applications. Behind the simplicity of the This–Then layout is a robust conceptual foundation in outcomes theory, helping ensure that what gets built is not just visually clear but analytically sound.
The main website for DoView Boards and DoView Planning is DoViewPlanning.org. You can find information about the approach and many examples of boards there. You can find our GitHub at DoViewPlanning.org/DoViewBoards. It includes the DoView Board minimum specification, developer integration guidance, configuration reference material, and other resources for building DoView-compatible boards, apps, platforms, and systems.
Developers are encouraged to implement, extend, and build DoView-compatible boards within any app, platform, or system, with acknowledgment. Details are at DoViewPlanning.org/trademarkuse.
The GitHub also includes the example reference JavaScript engine that created this DoView Board, a prompt for building PowerPoint DoViews, our Gartner Cool Vendor award-winning DoView legacy app, examples of DoView Boards, and other resources.
Thinking more broadly, DoView Boards could potentially be used as a GUI “intent engineering” interface for building and controlling agentic systems, and perhaps by agentic systems themselves to plan and coordinate their activity if you want to develop them further in this direction.
DoViews are drawn to a specific standard so they are fit for purpose, as set out in the DoView Boards minimum standard. Please follow this basic standard for how DoView Boards are structured and presented, and innovate as much as you like on top of it. If you put DoView Boards into any app, platform, or system, please let us know if you are able.