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Time Management (Week Plan)

There are many time management tricks and tools, but I did not find a unique technique suit everyone. Each Manager has to finds his own way of managing his own time to increase his performance. There are no recipes that fits all.

Here I share with you a calendar form that I am using since more than 10 years to manage my own time. I print it 3 to 5 weeks ahead and use it to note my ‘to Dos’. I also use Excel, SharePoint List and Outlook to track Task in my projects vpqkuow. But for my own time, I am still working with pen and paper.

Download: WeekPlan.xlsm

Sharepoint – Maintain User Access

A big project has its own SharePoint site to enhance communication between stakeholders. The PMO of the project maintains it. SharePoint is a great tool; However, the maintenance of the user access is very difficult if you have more than 50 users/stakeholders.

This is the reason I have created the following tool to maintain the users on a SharePoint site. It really saves time and gives a much better oversight than the Web Interface. The file itself contains help.

Download: sharepointmaintaingrouptool_v1-8

E-Signature for MS-office

Written commitment is a key factor to ensure the success of a project. A commitment is an agreement and should be signed by involved stakeholders. However, It only works if the process is fast and lean. This is the reason I have developed the E-Signature for Office document.

Download Link
Word: Workpackage Approval Form.xlsm
Excel: Project Charter.docm

The form can be modified to become ‘risk assessment’, ‘scope change proposal’ or any other project interface document.

Patrick Sawyer
12.11.2016