Guide to Workload Management

The business success depends on smooth running of all its departments and it can be possible with proper workload management.

Workload management sounds like the easiest task. Just assign the right work to the right person, right?

It’s harder than it sounds.

 

A proper workload management plan defines tasks, facilitates better planning and time management.

What is Workload Management ?

Workload Management is the practice of assigning tasks among working employees and checking their spent hours on the same task. Main objective of workload management is to delegate tasks to meet deadlines without overburdening the employees. This is important to avoid employee burnout and inefficiency.

 

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Top 7 Reasons that Keep Project Managers Awake at Night

Project Managers have an uphill task right from the project initiation till closure phase. They have to deal with a large number of unknowns and moving aspects of a project that keeps them awake at night.

In the simplest of terms – “Project management is all about deliverables that meet the success criteria.”

Some of the most common challenges every project manager has to deal with include but not limited to

• Meeting the project deadline
• Keeping the project stakeholders engaged
• Reporting the right progress & performance metrics
• Knowing who is working on what
• Shifting project priorities, scope creep
• Shuffling between projects
•  Handling resource conflicts
• Keeping the teams motivated

This is a very high level list where each of these items can present additional conflicting issues for a project manager to juggle with.

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Improve Team Collaboration with @Mention in Orangescrum

Continuing the drive to constantly improve project & team collaboration, Orangescrum now offers @mention to tag teammates, tasks and sub tasks.

@mentions have been a proven means of prompt timely communication while working with large project teams.

It is particularly helpful when you are working on a task that requires inputs from multiple collaborators.

You can now use the @mention within Orangescrum tasks.

• Tag team members as well as other related tasks and subtasks
• Mention them from task description and while replying or posting comments to tasks.

You can now quickly access the users of the project and tag team members who may or may not be directly involved in the task.

So, seeking inputs or asking for help becomes lot easier without having to assign a task to the concerned team member.

Let’s take a quick “how to” instructions for using @mentions within Orangescrum.

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How to Make Remote Work Productive

We have spent the most of 2020 adapting to remote work management practices and doing our best to be as productive as possible. Individually as well as a team and the business as a whole.

Nerve wracking challenge? Yes for some, not so much for the others.

What’s the difference then?

Remote project management has put a huge onus on communication, collaboration and productivity. The business dynamics changed overnight and so did the priority.

Project Managers, team leaders and business owners first had to ensure that projects are executed as planned and on time while keeping their teams safe and customers happy.

No wonder, there has been a huge rise in the use of team collaboration and remote project management tool adoption across the globe.

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