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Newbie Question: Project Schedule My first question: As I have meetings and generate tons of follow up items, how do I determine what belongs in a project schedule and what doesn't? I assume an action like, "I need to call..." doesn't go on a schedule, so is there a seperate action item list? It sounds wrong to have a seperate list, but just as wrong to bog down a project schedule with odds and ends. How do you manage this???? |
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Take our solution, Easy Projects, for example. We've got a [URL="http://www.easyprojects.net/task-management-software/"]task management[/URL] feature that lets you create an unlimited number of subtasks, so you can accommodate all those action items you mentioned. Give it a look-see and let me know what you think. |
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Hi, I think yes it should go in actions if it effects to complete important tasks and project. Action items are typically a result of discussions between various parties in a meeting. An action item can also arise from a situation such as incidents or emergency within the organization. Majority of the action items arise from meetings in that case find some Action items in MOM templates. I personally use [URL="https://www.techno-pm.com/2017/06/action-item-tracker-excel-template.html"]templates [/URL]in simple excel format. You can go for templates with check boxes to better manage your schedule for example templates from [URL="https://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTemplates/action-items-template.html"]Vertex 42.[/URL] Hope this helps you Suek, Thanks!! |
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Actions are ADHOC and emerge from many sources, more formally meetings. They can arise when you already have an activity schedule / programme in place. Actions can vary in terms of criticality to the project, each action should be considered in terms of whether it warrants an update / change to the activity schedule / programme. Its not sensible to add every action into a programme hence why you keep an action log, most actions arent complex and dont require ties to programme logic, nor do they warrant being loaded with resources - they can also usually be closed out quite quick. If an action affects programme logic then it would be prudent to add it in to your programme... as a task or possibly milestone if not requiring alot of work. I've developed a few action log templates which work well on both small and large projects and help with priorisation. Here's my latest version [URL="http://lakesprojects.co.uk/2019/09/06/action-log-template-excel/"]Action Log Template[/URL]. |
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