Questions tagged [time-management]
Questions about time management in the context of Project Management. See also http://productivity.stackexchange.com/ for general time management questions.
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Should I track time for an hourly project during time taking operations?
I am a freelance programmer and use time-tracker software to bill my hours. Sometimes when I am running some time-taking operation such as building a Docker image, running a CI pipeline and waiting ...
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Time estimation of a product before developing the UI
I work at a newly found software house as an operations manager. I am currently assigned with developing a project lifecycle framework from getting the client requirements to sign off. Constraint is ...
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What's wrong with a status pull?
This morning my manager was trying to reschedule the weekly synch; I pointed out that it was a status pull and might not be worth the effort to reschedule. Manager replied that it was convenient. ...
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Do we really want tools for our work? [closed]
I am running a small team and I am performing perfectly in my work. But a few days ago one of my friends told me that we should try a tool or software package that will help increase productivity and ...
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Don't we need dummy activities in this kind of network diagram?
I haven't seen people using dummy activities in this type of diagram. Is it true that they don't need dummy activities? What is the logic?
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What is the concept behind adding dummy activity in network diagrams?
Really confused in this. When to use dummy activity exactly? Can someone elaborate with examples. I have been solving a lot of problems related to this and the more I solve new problems, the more ...
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Recording workers PCs and insight into their activity and effectiveness? How [closed]
How do you monitor your workers and how do you make sure they are not just staring at the screen, and eating chips? What kind of software or method do you use?
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Todo Note taking and Eisenhower Decision Matrix - Quadrant 2: Not Urgent but Important Tasks
Bases on the theory of the Eisenhower Decision Matrix, one is supposed to dedicate time preferably to the Quadrant 2 (Q2): Not Urgent but Important Tasks. (reference: The Art of Manliness) Is to-do ...
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Tasks need to be on same day for event
So it's my first time using ms project, so forgive me for messing up terminology. Basically the problem is as follows: I have created 3 main tasks with a few subtasks each. I have then asigned ...
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How do you track employee working hours? [closed]
I've inherited the responsibility of managing a team in my role. I need to track the hours that each employee spends on each project. We're a small startup that lacks an existing process for this task....
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Effect of front-loading tasks on project schedule
Customer wanted to re-prioritize activities and move them up the schedule. This will result in some tasks being carried out in parallel. To avoid over-allocating my resources, we have recommended to ...
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Why are fiscal quarters a thing?
There exists a widespread separation of one year into 12 roughly equal slices. What is the benefit of introducing a very similar one b = floor(a/4)? How is we'll do it 2021Q1 better than we'll be done ...
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Specialist "adopted" onto a scrum team for a project - not fully utilized but being asked to check with SM/team to be "excused" for other job duties
I used an alt account as I'm active on other .SE sites, and I considered whether this would be more applicable to The Workplace but I'm asking here because ultimately I thought it's more a 'project ...
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Is Planning Poker Bad for Software Development Teams?
We have a project manager that is adamant about planning poker. I have found that this adds stress to everyone on the team, and the times are always wrong. We have different skill levels on the team ...
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What to do if a Key stakeholder asks for a new request while my team is trying to meet other important deadlines?
A key stakeholder asked for a new request. It wasn't planned and will take some time to finish. This is peak time for my team and we have other deadlines to meet. How shall I respond to this key ...
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