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Perhaps you are starting a summer project that
you have been promising yourself to complete for a long time.
The excerpt from
the post by Dr. Ipsita Sarangi first appeared in the WizIQ blog in 2014 and
is still relevant today in helping you complete that summer project. She reminds
us of why managing time is essential and highlights six keys for time management
in a work environment; the first one and the last one are the most critical in completing
a project or any arena.
The following excerpt gives us motivation to
start managing our time. In the next post I’ll share some specific tips I have
learned in prioritizing my tasks and sustaining motivation to finish a task.
Sarangi’s three most important phrases in the
excerpt include steering time, prioritize tasks, and approach in a planned way:
How often do you find time
galloping out of your hands? Weekly, Daily, Hourly? For many it seems that
there’s just never sufficient time in the day to get everything done.
Truly in the words of Peter F.Drucker:
“Until we can manage time, we
can manage nothing else.”
Do you know how some people are
able to pencil in so many diverse activities into their agenda, while others
hardly seem to have time for a task?
Do you think they are genius? Not
sure.
Are they more systematized? May
be.
Better at steering time? Likely.
Time is a unique, irreplaceable,
non-renewable resource that is one of the major building blocks for the successful
completion of the project... Dealing with deadlines and other time constraints
on a daily basis has made…time management…essential for good project
management.
Once one knows how to manage their
time, they will be able to maximize what they do…at work and thereby reduce
their stress levels.
Time Management in a Project:
1) Aids to prioritize the tasks
– Efficacious time management
advocates daily tasks by prioritizing them. Once you align the tasks in order
of importance, you can deal with them one at a time. If a project manager is
aware of what chores are important for himself and his project, he would not
waste time on trivial matters and have the extra time to concentrate on other
crucial issues.
...
6) Creates discipline – Time always ticks away. But with good practice of time
management, you are less likely to procrastinate. Time management leads to
higher potency and disciplined ways to complete the project.
Hence, time management avoids last
minute haste and…develops a rational overview of commitments. It brings forth
an approach in a planned way to produce effective, efficient, higher quality
pieces of work.
To read Sarangi’s entire WizIQ blog post, go to http://www.wiziq.com/blog/importance-of-time-management-in-projects/
Also
stayed tuned to this blog to see more concrete ideas about prioritizing tasks
and creating discipline to complete tasks and projects.
