Time Management

Time management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity.

It is a meta-activity with the goal to maximize the overall benefit of a set of other activities within the boundary condition of a limited amount of time.

Time management may be aided by a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects, and goals complying with a due date. Initially, time management referred to just business or work activities, but eventually the term broadened to include personal activities as well.

A time management system is a designed combination of processes, tools, techniques, and methods. Time management is usually a necessity in any project development as it determines the project completion time and scope.

Key Learning Points:

Module 1

• Importance of Time Management
• Benefits of improving your time management
•  Stress and time management
• Steps to effective time management
• Step-one: Analyze how you spend your time now
• Step-two: Goals and Tasks
• Step-three: Prioritizing
• Step-four: Scheduling
• Scheduling exercise
• Time management tools
• Identifying “Time Waster”
• Tips to save time

Module 2

• Achieving “Balance”
•  Timely communication skills
•  Timely telephone techniques
•  Learning review
• Learning log and next steps
• Maximizing the power of your Productivity Journal
• Chunk, block and Tackle
• Crisis management
• Why we procrastinate

Module 3

• Creating a plan
• Executing the plan
• Lessons learned
• Managing workflow
• Deal with email
• Using calendars

Module 4

• The importance of full acceptance
• The urgent vs. the importance
• Assertiveness
• The 80/20 Rule
• Prioritizing your goals
• Visualization
• Routine
• Using routine to maximize time