In spite of the time and task planning, many people still cannot follow their plans and number of unfulfilled tasks increases day by day, like an avalanche. Such situation can be caused by several planning mistakes:
- people plan more tasks then they actually are able to complete;
- planners make too detailed plans which aim to consider each minute of their working time (such plan cannot be completed on practice);
- planners often forget about unforeseen consequences that can appear (so plan can be easily frustrated by one small unaccounted case);
- people often plan miscellaneous tasks (dedicated to different problems) for one day (it can be hard to focus on different problems simultaneously);
- people often do not take into account the fact that their work capabilities can vary during a day;
Process of plan building can be facilitated by special task management software. VIP Task Manager is groupware that can help to plan your individual workloads and tasks for any period of time, as well as tasks for your team.
To make proper plan for the day you need:
- start your task management application
- open Scheduler (Calendar) mode
- switch to daily view regime
- set tasks for you and/or your team members
- think if you are able to complete all planed tasks according to the criteria mentioned above
See also:
How to manage your long and short term tasks
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