Time Estimation in Project Management: Tips & Techniques

Time Estimation in Project Management: Tips & Techniques

Projects are a process with a start and end that deliver a product or service, but that leaves out the essential building block of every project—tasks. To-do lists are the backbone of task management, but not all task management tools are created equal. Any task management tool worth its weight is going to have four key features: needs to go beyond a to-do list, needs to be dynamic and has features to handle tasks on one project or many, for one team or several. Needs to be part of something bigger, tasks are not islands, they're part of a larger project environment, and needs to be email alerts. ProjectManager allows project managers and teams to set alerts for overdue tasks or alerts to notify them if a team member comments on a task or updates its status.

Kanban Task Management is a visual workflow process that manages tasks through a board with columns with headings such as to do, doing and done. Automating tasks is easy to keep the project on schedule with notifications and communication can take place on the task level. Attaching files like images or documents to a task fosters collaboration.