How to save time at Workplace using Time Management Software

Time is the most precious thing of every human being and it is equal for all. Nobody can manipulate the time flow.

And when it comes to executing something within a time frame, time management becomes handy to take you forward in both personal and professional life.

If you aren't managing your time effectively, sooner or later you will enter into a state of confusion.

What is time management?

Time management is the practice that coordinates the work activities with maximum effectiveness of an individual within a time frame. It helps to get more and better work done in a limited time.

Benefits of Time Management

Time management practice can help you meet deadlines and be productive at work. It can also improve your mental health while balancing your personal and professional life. You’ll feel less stressed, knowing how to allocate your time for each task, especially at the professional workplace.. let’s take a brief look at the benefits of it:

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How to Manage your Personal Tasks with a Project Management App

New trends and technologies are introduced day-to-day for solving our business problems. And we are also keen to research future technologies for the same purpose as well.

If any business would not spend their time for researching new technologies or not adopting the new technologies may find lots of glitches in their business society, especially during this pandemic.

Luckily, the tech world has provided project management applications for managing any size of projects and tasks for SMEB (small, medium, and enterprise businesses).

But what about your personal life?

Study shows, less than 50% of working people get only one day in a week for doing their personal work. And this time period is too short to complete anyone’s personal stuff. Here you need a great tool to manage your personal life.

Project Management App for Personal Tasks

A project management application makes your work simplest as compared to traditional ways. Whether you’re planning to complete your household work or going outside, there’s always another task waiting on you. With the application, you can schedule time, set reminders, break the task into sub-sub tasks, etc. 

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Product Update:Timesheet Approvals & Timesheet Reports Released

Hello Orangescrumers! We are back with something new for all our customers with our latest release.

We at Orangescrum stay committed to our resolve of listening to our customers and updating our product to ensure it addresses the ever-changing needs of the market.

All the following updates are being released with a common goal to ensure an easy and seamless project management experience.

Product release:

Although we have time tracking and timesheet features that include a “timer”  to track spent hours automatically while you focus on real work.

In the meantime, we got customer feedback about timesheet approval.

Considering the feedback, we have worked on the timesheet approval feature and released it for all the users. 

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How to Apply Productivity Tips to Build Smart Teams

Productivity for smart teams can be challenging, especially if they are working from home. Whether your team can be small or big, people from different backgrounds and cultures make it difficult to manage them.

Moreover, no matter how productive your team can be, remember they can’t give the best at all times.

But with planning and enough patience, you can improve the situation.

Productivity Solutions to Enhance Team Productivity.

1. Provide Tools to collaborate effectively

For any team to work productively, they must have the essential tools to make their work smooth.

Without the tools, your team might take more time and resources to finish the given tasks, affecting workflow and productivity.

As a team leader, you must ensure everyone has access to the tools required to perform their duties properly.

The tools and software you provide to the team must have the following things:

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Why is a Time Tracker Important in Project Management

Time trackers balance workload and priorities. A Project time tracking software allows you to keep track of the time invested in an individual task or project.

Did you know?

According to Workpuls' study in 2020, only about 20% of working hours are spent on high-priority critical tasks.

Using a time tracker allows you to keep track of time one has invested in an individual task or project.

Not every working hour is payable.

As a Project Manager, you can calculate the ratio of payable and non-payable hours by tracking hours.

It’s easier to then draw an estimated value of your service.

Let’s see how you as a Task Project The manager can crack “Time Tracking.”

Importance of a Project Time Tracker

Time tracking data revealed that for not recording work time the US economy loses 50 million hours in productivity per day that alone can make a convincing case!

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How Does Recurring Task Management Increase Productivity

Task Management is a process of monitoring a task from start to end. It includes Planning, Execution, Completion, and Reporting. To perform these actions, you need task tracker software to track the progress of a task.

Some tasks happen regularly, which are called recurring tasks. The central pain point revolves around doing tasks daily, which is annoying and time-consuming. 

Advantages of Recurring Task Management Software

Before we dive into the pros of Task Management software, below are the examples of recurring tasks:

• Weekly team meetings
• Weekly status reports
• Monthly project reports
• Monthly client meetings

To improve productivity to smooth operations, Task Management has many benefits. Let’s have a look at them:

1.    Centralized Management: The software lets you keep all the required information, such as notes, calendar, etc., in one place.

2.     Prioritize Tasks: You can set the priority level for each task and complete high-priority tasks first, leaving enough time for other tasks.

3.     Overview of the Tasks: With a task manager, you can track the progress of all the tasks within minutes.

4.     Delegate Easily: It lets you delegate the tasks to a specific person or multiple persons with a few clicks. 

5.     Team Collaboration: By using the software, everyone can see what others are working on and collaborate to complete the projects faster.

6.      Automate Tasks: Automate the recurring tasks which save time and effort for your team.

7.      Online Task Manager: The project management can be done online, creating a paperless environment - an eco-friendly option. It means accessing the files online is a lot easier.

8.      Frequency for Tasks: Set the frequency for recurring tasks daily, weekly, or monthly.

9.     Add Sub-tasks: Breaking more significant tasks into small or sub-tasks make the workflow smoother.

 Finding software with above all the advantages is difficult. 

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Product Update: Add Skill, Filter Skill Based Resources, Move Tasks along with Assignee & More

Hello Orangescrummers! The July update is here. We are pleased to announce the new releases and fixes for all our customers.

Over the years, Orangescrum has helped users to organize their tasks, deliver projects in time and collaborate from a single platform.

We are always keen to strengthen the overall project management capabilities. And this time we come with some major updates.

All the following updates are focused to make Orangescrum more convenient and bring more simplicity to the project progresses.

Product Release:

Add Skills at User Profile:

Now users can able to define their skills sets from the Personal Settings > My Profile page.

This setup will allow users to filter the user base on the skill. You just need to add your skill by typing on the skill-set form. We make this form open for global entry. It means there is no bound of adding skill categories in this section.

Note: You also can choose the skills from the list if someone has already entered his/her skill previously.

Apply Skill Filter:

On the resource availability page, users can see the Skill Filter option. Users just need to select the required skill for the project on the form.

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