Why do I see constraints on some of my tasks, even though I never set a constraint? Microsoft Project sees any task with a “hard coded” date as a constrained task. This means that if you type in the start
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Remember: constraints are to be used very sparingly, if at all! But sometimes you need to constrain a task because of a delayed shipment of supplies or for another good reason. For example, let’s assume that the paint color for
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I keep hearing I shouldn’t use constraints in Project unless I have to. Why is that? A constraint (or a constrained task) in Microsoft Project is a task that has its start or finish date “hard coded” into the project
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The solution is to minimize (or eliminate) the use of constraints – and use predecessors and successors instead. If we link the First coat and the Second coat by the use of a predecessor, the second task is then free
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Workers spend 41% of their time going through business email and find that 20% of that e-mail is non-urgent or important. It has also been estimated that workers loose at least 1 hour per day to “email interruptions.” In our
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Most everyone could use a little more time to concentrate, but the unending barrage of emails, instant messages, tweets, Facebook updates, and other distractions can make finding that precious time very difficult. One technique for creating concentration space is chunking,
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Choosing which demands on your time deserve your energy and redirecting yourself towards those tasks is an important time management skill. In our time management classes we recommend a tool for this called the “Brain Dump”. A Brain Dump is
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If a task is not actionable, it will fall into one of three categories. Trash- Throw it away and be bothered with it no more. Someday- If no action is required now but something may need to be done later,
Projects generally have more moving parts than tasks. Projects require a series of tasks and may have the complexity to justify project management techniques.Generally, the first two questions to ask with a project is, “What is the next action required?”
If the item is too simple, short, easy, or common to be a project, then the next question to ask is, “Will it take more than 2 minutes to do?” If the answer is no, then just do it right
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