Posts Tagged ‘task management’
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Steven Haveman, Industrial Design Student at the University of Twente completed his master’s graduation assignment within FWS on a study towards new ways of working for system architects. This post is a roundup of the results obtained in this research project. It shows the general findings and the findings regarding the concepts that were developed.
Steven’s research project has been a study towards new ways of working for system architects. System architects are responsible for the architecture of complex systems, like printers, MRI-scanners or radar systems. A series of interviews has been conducted with system architects at Océ, Philips and Thales to discuss concepts and obtain insights. This resulted in Project Buzz Tracker, a tool that couples activity information to project and workflow planning. Persons frequently give an update on their actions, thus showing the Buzz in a project. By observing this overview, the system architect can see concentrations or a lack of Buzz. These can be indications of problematic issues. Project Buzz Tracker will further strengthen team cohesion, especially if distant workers are involved.
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Tags: communication, in sync, in touch, new ways of working, system architect, task management, ways of working
Posted in knowledge base, research results, team blog | 1 Comment »
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
For decades, the paperless office seems to be just around the corner. However, even with the advent of laptops, smartphones, and mobile working styles, the reality today is that in most offices paper is still everywhere. Apparently, paper is fulfilling an important role for knowledge workers that digital technology still doesn’t. (more…)
Tags: document management, knowledge management, paper, personal information management, task management
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
A lot of work comes in via your inbox each and every day. In this booklet, we discuss a number of features in MS Outlook 2003 that you can use to deal with this continuous flow of work more efficiently. As a stepping stone, we use a working method that is often taught in time management and personal efficiency courses for dealing with e-mail. (more…)
Tags: email, email overload, information overload, lifehacking, personal information management, strategy, task management, time management, tools, ways of working
Posted in EN, Geleerde lessen, NL, knowledge base | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
What it is: a more efficient day schedule, by grouping fragments of related work (detached actions) into larger, contiguous chunks.
How it works: a wizard analyzes your to do list (for actionable items) and your and your coworker’s agendas (for schedules and availability) to come up with an optimized schedule that requires fewer context switches.
For instance, it will group all activities that I need to do for the same project or with the same person(s) and plan these in one contiguous time slot.
Tags: always connected, fragmentation, in flow, personal information management, productivity, task management, time management, work life balance
Posted in EN, Ideeën, concepten | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Email is frequently used to assign work to others; it has become a “poor men’s workflow system”. Senders often expect a (nearly) immediate response, whereas recipients may think very differently – but are often silent – about that. A simple “No!”-button (“No!” for “I cannot do this”) can lower the threshold for the recipient to give a prompt reply and thus avoid unnecessary confusion for the sender (did she get my message?).
Tags: communication, email overload, information overload, interruption, personal information management, productivity, task management, time management, tools, ways of working, work life balance
Posted in EN, Ideeën, concepten | No Comments »
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