Automated Nagging - Let The Software Do It


Home  >  gantthead blogs  > 
about this blog RSS

recent posts
   Iran, Twitter, and Project Management
   Where is Project Management Certification Taking the Profession?
   Is a Hybrid (Desktop AND SaaS) Approach Best?
   Project Management is All About...
   Listen Up!

Project Management 2.0

  by - Dave Garrett

New technologies, concepts, and Web 2.0 tools are popping up everywhere. How can you use them to help your project team collaborate, communicate - or just give your project an extra boost? [Contact Dave]

View Dave Garrett's profile on LinkedIn Add to Technorati Favorites Add to NetvibesGet this widget from Widgetbox

Advice | Certification | Collaboration Tools | Decision Making | Estimating | Interviews | Learning | Management Approaches | Personal Productivity | PM Software | PPM Software | Presentation Tools | Reporting Tools | Requirements | Research | Risk | Scheduling Software | Security | Team Building | Techie Tools | Time Killers | Time Tracking Software | Training | Virtual Team Tools | Web-based Tools


Automated Nagging - Let The Software Do It

Situation: You Spend WAY Too Much Time Following Up With People...

Sometimes its hard to stay on top of all of the little tasks and emails that are a huge part of managing these days.  Not everyone is good at responding, which can leave you holding the bag.  As much as you try to stay organized you end up digging through old emails as you remember things until "follow-up" completely dominates your work days.

Wrike is an interesting, very very simple tool that tasks tasks as they are assigned via email, reminds the person being tasked, and puts the onus on them to monitor and change status.  In other words, it takes offloads a huge part of the administration.  It's also free, which certainly helps.

Here's how simple it is:
- register (takes 2 minutes)
- copy wrike@wrike.com on emails that inlcude task assignments 
- organize and categorize tasks, if and when you need to, online (2-5 minutes)

I think this is one of those very simple targeted tools that solves a very common problem.  If any of this speaks to you, give it a shot!

| Posted: April 18, 2007 05:03 PM | Permalink |


Please Login/Register to leave a comment.



sponsored announcements and special offers
Difficult for competitors to equal. EMA reviews IBM Rational's new quality & requirements management offerings. The verdict, "For companies seeking to improve ROI delivered by software projects,we believe Rational's value proposition is difficult to match."

Microsoft Project Conference 2000
Exclusively disclosing the powerful capabilities included in Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solutions while providing real world guidance on how Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft EPM Solutions are helping customers today with project and portfolio management to save money, enhance efficiency and prepare for future growth. Register Today!

Use WorkLenz PPM to Manage Agile Software Development
We invite you to download Métier’s latest white paper, Agile Software Development with WorkLenz, to learn how you can use WorkLenz to manage agile within your organization.



"I'm not saying anything. There is no message."
- John Lennon