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Category: Productivity

Where did the time go?

For many admins, the thought of spending as much time analyzing the time it takes to do their work as it does to actually do the work is very frustrating indeed. Fortunately, there are several tech tips in this issue to help.

OneNote: What is it good for?

Whether you use OneNote, Evernote or Google Keep, your notetaking app can help you organize your work, collaborate with team members and keep your email inbox tidy. Of the three, OneNote Desktop (2016) is the most fully featured, but many of these uses are viable in any popular notetaking app.

Correct your workflow by beating the ‘planning fallacy’

The art of resource estimation can be tricky; our planning is frequently overly optimistic. Psychologists use a term called the “planning fallacy” to explain this effect, and to explain why we usually underestimate the amount of time it will take us to complete a task. Writer Jessica Greene suggests some more concrete estimation techniques.