Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Manage tasks and project work of any kind with Smart Q.


Smart Q  http://www.getsmartq.com/ is an application in the Web 2.0 technologies and used for managing tasks.   It is a product of the Agile and Kan Ban methodology used in many companies.  Agile and Kan Ban are also used to track tasks and enhance communication.

Smart Q is great for teamwork, a small business owner tracking work for it’s employee’s, and/or just everyday people, maybe with kids handling chores at home.  This application is divided into a few columns that can be designed, for example there is the first column which is needed to establish a “To Do”  a parent may enter “dishes” and another task for “garbage”.   These would begin as To Do and then be assigned to the person who will execute the tasks. 

Once a task is assigned to someone, the next step would be for that person to move the task to in progress, which are another columns that follows To Do.   Once the tasks is finished it can be moved to the completed columns.  This can be setup by preference as for columns.  There is never going to be a one size fits all when using this type of task tracker.  This does allow the family to be in sync with the work at home that was completed as well as what is pending.  I bet it makes home and dinner a lot more peaceful as well. 

Smart Q serves as a project management tool in a way, a reminder as well with the tasks you assigned to.   This is an electronic centralized location for all tasks needed to accomplish projects of any kind.  Everyone has the task of logging in daily to ensure his or her own tasks.  We have moved far away from the erase boards in households for sure. 

Cari

4 comments:

  1. Hi Cari.

    Thanks for finding this! Workflow management software is usually really big, expensive, and complicated to deploy - so it's usually reserved for big corporations. It's really nice to know that there is something out there for both small businesses and home use! Big news!

    -w

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  2. Cari -

    This is a great technology. I'm with Wendy - it's really nice to see that you can really get/keep yourself or small business organized and on task. I'll check it out to see its cost-effectiveness. It sounds like something I can implement personally, as well.

    Thanks for the information.

    Carolyn

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  3. Cari - Thanks for sharing. This is a great tool for small teams within a business or, as you stated, even in personal life. I will definitely look into this.
    Thanks.
    Theresa

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  4. Sounds interesting and a possible valuable tool for starting up or running a small business. It sure beats tying a string on one's finger to remember the to-dos, though I doubt anyone still does that.

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