Task Management

Originally, the Kanban method was implemented at Toyota plants to improve manufacturing efficiency – as a tool for Just-in-Time manufacturing. Kanban literally means the “signboard” in Japanese, since the system operates with signals to track the replenishment cycle. The system enables people involved in the production-trade cycle to stay informed of the inventory and consumption levels. The Kanban methodology got rooted in IT Project Management due to the high relevance of lean manufacturing values for software development. Here, we find Kanban as an agile framework, that is popular among IT people for its flexibility and visibility. ...

SharePoint project management may be eating away your working time if not utilizing the OOTB SharePoint options, like task management templates, or specially designed third-party tools. The smart approach to this issue can incredibly shorten the whole project planning and production cycle. In this blogpost, we will highlight some basic features of SharePoint task management. SharePoint Personal Site A personal site in SharePoint is the easiest way to keep tracking your tasks and manage them from within one place. You can see an aggregate view of all tasks assigned to you across the entire SharePoint farm, regardless of where a task resides. You can edit a task by clicking on it and being redirected to the site or SharePoint task list, that contains this task. A timeline view allows you to display certain tasks in a Gantt chart style view, the most popular view for SharePoint task management. This is a convenient way to represent task list sequentially as tasks, subtasks, and milestones with dates. Also, you can designate specific colors and text styles to your tasks. You can display your tasks in a timeline view by editing the web part properties and checking the “Show timeline” box in the web part settings. Among the other SharePoint task management options available with personal sites are the following: ...

Calendar overlays in SharePoint are a powerful tool that allows you to combine multiple calendars into one unified dashboard, simplifying event and schedule management for teams. By merging personal, team, and corporate calendars, overlays improve scheduling efficiency and ensure everyone stays on the same page. In this article, you’ll find step-by-step instructions on how to overlay calendars in both SharePoint Online, with its streamlined interface and Exchange Online integration, and SharePoint On-Premises, which requires an on-premises server setup. We’ll also explore additional customization options. ...