Concur with Things – it's what I for the most part prescribe to companions when they initially get into assignment administration (however the majority of them wind up changing to OmniFocus inside 6ish months).
On the off chance that you have a preset rundown of labels that could work. Be that as it may, you have to restrict the quantity of labels or else it will winding wild.
Sounds like there are a considerable measure of layers to your methodology – in the event that you give me something particular I'll help where I can