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Planning & managing your time makes projects better
Effectively plan & manage your time, school projects, assessments, work etc by using the tools on this page Most companies use management tools to manage their projects, operational procedures & staffing schedules You might have to use these tools in your future careers |
NZQA DEFINE PLANNING TOOLS AS...
Brainstorms, mind maps, idea banks, reflective journals & scrapbooks, plans of action, flow diagrams, tree diagrams, gantt charts, spreadsheets, databases.
"Students are required to go beyond just identifying project steps. Planned actions should include planning for & monitoring progress, recording key planning decisions, reviewing key stage & review points & storing information".
BASIC PROJET MANAGEMENT
To help manage your time you can write to-do lists, use a diary or use free software like Google Calendar to schedule events & reminders that prompt you to do tasks.
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PAPER BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Plan your time & project by writing notes & other information on a piece of paper.
Its a quick way of writing down all the things, ideas, key points etc you need to consider before using digital tools to plan your project in more detail.
Its a quick way of writing down all the things, ideas, key points etc you need to consider before using digital tools to plan your project in more detail.
DIAGRAM PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Use Google Slides or Powerpoint to make a simple project management diagram with notes in the boxes & critical review points of your project.
Different shapes make it easy to visually relate to different stages of the project.
Different shapes make it easy to visually relate to different stages of the project.
TREE DIAGRAM PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Tree diagrams let you visualise information as diagrams in boxes/shapes that can link to each other. Its a quick way to digitally plan main points of a project & add approx times to each point. These are free tree diagrams apps Draw.io, Lucidchart, Visme, Venngage, Visual Paradigm. The tree diagram image below was made using Draw.io.
GANTT CHART PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Gantt charts let you visualise information in a horizontal spreadsheet time line.
You can plan a project with time & specific information & more detail. Most companies use Gantt Charts to plan their projects. To create your own Gantt chart, sign into your Google account, click the dots, select Sheets, select Gantt Chart by Smartsheet.
Edit the example text with information about your own project.
You can plan a project with time & specific information & more detail. Most companies use Gantt Charts to plan their projects. To create your own Gantt chart, sign into your Google account, click the dots, select Sheets, select Gantt Chart by Smartsheet.
Edit the example text with information about your own project.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
These are examples of professional project management software applications.
They offer limited free services or more advanced functionality if you pay $$$.
They offer limited free services or more advanced functionality if you pay $$$.
trello: helps teams move work forward
asana: work on big ideas, without the busy work
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airtable: connect everything, achieve anything
basecamp: the all-in-one toolkit for working remotely
hive: we help teams move faster
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monday: a platform built for a new way of working
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NZQA PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS