{"id":6231,"date":"2020-01-30T07:05:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T05:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/?p=6231"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T07:14:22","slug":"how-to-utilise-google-calendar-as-a-project-management-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/how-to-utilise-google-calendar-as-a-project-management-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"How to utilise Google calendar as a project management tool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To enjoy success as a modern digital marketing<\/a> project manager, you and your team must successfully employ a range of tools. Google Calendar is one such tool which is highly effective in project management.<\/p>\n

As a project manager in the media industry, you know that the best pieces of project management software need to tick off a range of boxes. The follow list looks at these:<\/p>\n

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    Project Planning<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In today\u2019s digital age, you require a tool which can assist you with\u00a0 harmonising a remote as well as multidisciplinary team. In other words, in order to make sure that the project remains on track, it is necessary for you to maintain a transparent project overview, assign tasks in addition to keeping everyone up to date.<\/p>\n

    This device needs to operate in a manner that everyone can comprehend at a glance. In order to guarantee an effective as well as logical workflow that gets rid of missed steps, each team member needs to receive the correct tasks at the right instances. Remember that one forgotten task can result in the whole project stalling.<\/p>\n

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      Document management<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Version control which is accurate, in addition to document management<\/a>, is vital in the digital age. When your project files are opened by various people at different times, all parties need to have the correct permissions and understanding of where they should work.<\/p>\n

      Poor document management can result in huge headaches. Work may get lost or some team members may work on the incorrect version of a document. This means that you need a tool which keeps everybody on the same page.<\/p>\n

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        Team collaboration and communication<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Without a tool which offers communication that is effective, your creative team will grow to be a collection of unrelated individuals who find it difficult to work in tandem. This tool can have a substantial impact on the quality of your project, the contentment of your team as well as your ability to adhere to deadlines.<\/p>\n

        In order to keep conversations on-topic, you need to provide simple, well-organised tools for collaboration as well as communication. Without these tools in place, teams could waste countless hours trawling through old email threads and conversations in order to find specific directions or files.<\/p>\n

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          Productivity tracking<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \u00a0<\/em>As a project manager<\/a>, you walk a fine line between talented creative as well as rigorous manager. You are responsible for billing which is accurate. If you don\u2019t have the ability to track your team\u2019s time, you will not be able to confidently say if a project is profitable or unprofitable. Without the data to back up the work of your team, you\u2019ll also find that billing becomes nightmarish. And when you are required to provide a detailed analysis to your internal and external stakeholders, you\u2019ll be left empty-handed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>