Project and task management
Project management and task management have long been performed using everything from post-it notes to notepads and Excel sheets. This can work, but it can be especially demanding if there are several people working together, particularly if everyone is working in a different location.
Digital tools can often make this work far more efficient.
How does digital task management work in practice?
Imagine that you have to work on a new project together with a team of 5 people. To ensure that things go to plan, you want to be able to delegate tasks to the others, set deadlines, view progress and see what tasks the others are working on easily. In addition, you want an automatic notification to be sent to those team members who are not meeting deadlines. Sounds efficient, doesn’t it?
All these demands can easily be met by using a dedicated project/task management tool.
Different types of tools to suit your needs
The aim of task management is to ensure progress and efficiency in the tasks you have responsibility for. Similarly, the tools you need will differ depending on the complexity of the tasks to be performed.
The simplest tools are as easy as sharing to-do lists, while the most advanced have sufficient functionality to be able to cope with large projects.
Popular tools in this area are: Asana, Jira, Basecamp, Trello, Wrike, Notion and Smartsheet, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Project
Effective meeting planning tools are Doodle and Calendly.
Watch a video about project management and task management here (In Norwegian).