When you’re working alone, you manage your own workload, make your own schedule and live by your own rules. That’s brilliant, but we could all do with an extra bit of organization and structure here or there. You might be a freelancer, or the type of individual who feels more productive working from home for their company. Whatever your preference, DropTask has the tools to assist you with getting things done on your own. Follow our guide below to discover how DropTask makes the most of your independence to bolster your productivity.
Remain as part of the team
Even as an individual worker, there can be no hiding from the fact that you’re probably part of a bigger project. Whether you’re working for a company from home, or you’re a freelancer attached to a specific department for a company, you’re still heavily involved in the overall goals and aims. As a worker from the outside looking in, you can still see everything on your company’s project and see how your Assigned Tasks function to serve their purpose.
Instead of the long-winded emailing process, keep your colleagues in the loop with updates in Comments and Messages section, meaning they will frequently receive reminders of your progression, and save them the hassle of having to constantly open their email inbox to reach you. As a result, you gain greater clarity, your working agreement is more efficient, and you can continue to work productively as a team, even in different locations.
Stay organized while on the go
The chances are you made the choice to work alone because you’re so often on the move and out of the metaphorical office. Perhaps you’re conducting an interview or meeting with clients. When you’re on the go, you still need to maintain your productivity. That’s why DropTask lets you Email Tasks In, so once a task arises or an idea pops into your head, you can easily email it to your DropTask project for use once you log back in.
As an individual worker, you may struggle to benefit from the face-to-face interaction of an office, where updates on tasks are a regularity. With Notifications, you remain in sync with the company from home, with regular activity, updates, messages and new tags on your assigned tasks.
Never miss a deadline
With no managers to direct your to-dos for each day, it’s up to you to manage your own work and stay on track. You’re likely to be balancing a variety of different tasks in different projects, so it’s essential to keep everything in order. Set timely Start and Due Dates, ensuring that all your work is not only planned well ahead, but will be completed before its deadline.
If there’s too much to balance at once, DropTask’s Daily Summary Email each morning will ensure that all the tasks that need addressing in the near future will be brought to your attention. Plus, your manually set Reminders on each task will keep you alert to upcoming deadlines and other important actions.
Explore the success of your management techniques
Working alone is a process of trial and error. It’ll take to time to get it completely right, but DropTask makes this transition simple. Review the success of your management techniques by hovering over your Completed Tasks list to see what work has been completed successfully and allow you to analyze why.
Equally, you can keep tabs over your current tasks with the Progress Percentage bar, a useful slider that you can use to track your progress on a task from 0% to 100% completion. With this visual tool, it’s easy to see exactly where you stand on a task, and easily make a decision whether you need to get started on it or not.
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