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5 Ways To Manage Your Time
5 Ways To Manage Your Time
#1. Timesheets
First, think about where your time is going. Do you really know what you work on all day? Timesheets
will show you exactly how much time you spend pulling together reports or responding to emails.
Then there's the 5 minute break to check Facebook that turns into 20 minutes...
Start tracking your time so you know where it's going. This will help you prioritize and ensure you are
self-aware when it comes to managing your time.
The task list feature built into ProjectManager.com makes it simple to create and update your tasks
from wherever you are. Even if you are travelling, if you've got an internet connection you can quickly
add a new task to the list (or tick one off) with the handy mobile app.
#3. Milestones
Milestones are a good way to manage your time as they focus the mind! Put some milestones on your
project plan and review them regularly. As you are coming up to the deadline, make sure that all your
work is aligned with the objective of getting it done and hitting that date.
Most milestones relate to project tasks but you can also create personal milestones on your calendar
to remind you about scheduled dates for other tasks on your task list.
#4. Automation
Project managers tell us that preparing reports is one of the things that takes the most time each
month. There's getting status updates from team members, preparing the data, checking it,
formatting it, reviewing statistics from other systems, then checking it again and sending it to the
stakeholders. It takes forever!
Automate your reporting (and anything else) as much as you can. Set up templates that pull data
from your project management software and show you status in real-time. Everything that is
automated is one less job for you to do.
If it isn't feasible or reasonable to get everything done, then negotiate priorities with your
stakeholders so that you aren't overloaded and they appreciate what can realistically be done in the
time available.
Try these 5 tips for managing your time and see how many extra hours you can find in a day!