If your 9-5 routine is getting the best of you it may be time to look at time management software. GenuLines puts forth some points to consider so you can get the upper hand.
Ready For Routine Time Management Software?
Struggling to keep up with the demands of life? Maybe it’s time to consider a software program to organize your tasks.
The program can be as simple as alerting you when a certain task needs starting or when one is due. Most email packages will let you do this.
If your email doesn’t help, you can find free scheduling or calendar packages online. If all else fails, Google has a calendar package that you can use for this purpose.
To boost your productivity you may want a more robust solution. For this time management software might do the trick.
These programs track your activity down to the minute, and even to the second.
Many let you set up your tasks ahead of time. The time slots you block out will infer the amount of time you estimated for each task.
When you complete a task, you mark it as complete on the program.
And these time management programs feature reports. These will show you how well you did with your estimations for your tasks.
They will alert you when you did not complete the task in the time allotted. This information can help you refine your estimates for future schedules.
Some people freak out over sophisticated programs and figure they can’t use them. They feel the programs track at too granular a level.
They also feel that their company managers could use these programs against them. Employees feel pressured to get their work completed in the estimated time.
This is especially stressful if the managers are the ones setting the estimates.
Not just a routine decision
If you decide to use a time management program, you need to make sure you update it when you complete the tasks. This is something that could take a bit of time to get used to doing.
You also need to account for activities that pop up that you didn’t allow for and weren’t on your schedule. The better packages will be able to cope with those problems.
Check online for the term “time management” and use the results to see what’s available. Consider the price against your budget, and try to find software that allows you to try before you buy.
JohnK 10-15-2019
Overheard: “The disease which inflicts bureaucracy and what they usually die from is routine” ~ John Stuart Mill
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