Before You start with the Leader task organizer, you should learn about their properties, ie find out what they can do and what they can not. First Leader task is a personal organizer for the daily activities whose main features are:
Task Scheduler " calendar " Personal Information Manager Contact Manager project Manager
The organizer has a portable version, that it is completely autonomous = mobile. Leader task depends not on the computer, or to Windows registry, it is easy to exist on your flash drive and stay with us!
Getting started.
Important issues you should know:
First - Leader is a unique task organizer. It is not an advertising slogan, it is a new concept for the management of tasks, projects, time and human activities. You can see it for yourself. So what is so special? It is the following things: tasks have been a number of parameters (tags) that you can use for quick answers to your questions. For example, you can use the following to-do lists in a single mouse click: " " My tasks today, " Important ", " urgently ", " Monthly Sales & quot;, " XYZ project in September ", " monitoring tasks delegated ", " Bank ", " buy ", " To read ", " Meeting " questions, " Overdue tasks ", " goals " years ...
Second - Leader task is very flexible. Anyone can adapt Task Leader and implementing its own methods for the management of its activities. It is also possible to successfully use David Allen & 39; of GTD (Getting Things Done) system in LeaderTask.
Third - it is possible to combine Leader Task tasks associated with any you find. Each case can be considered as context - the place (home, office, bank, store ), contact (boss, subordinate, the spouse ...), category, the project ... Speaking the language of time-management, each task may in connection with his Cairo (context), namely the circumstances, the task for the best. For example, if you have to do it in a bank, it is better to see it on the bank " " section, if another person should do some tasks in a project that should be added that the such projects and for that person, if a task is important, you should give it the appropriate priority, etc.
Entering first data.
To Leader Task start, you should have some minimum requirements without the original data it will be difficult to understand how works Task Leader . For your convenience, you can use the predefined original data that you are included in the quick-start wizard when you start the program for the first time.
Contacts. Include your contact information and contacts you need. Make sure that you information about themselves - the first contact (the favorite property)
Categories. Define the categories of your activities. To the planning easier, create categories of your professional activities, hobbies and also visit places most frequently in the categories section. Example categories: " Calls ", " Meetings ", " " reading, watching " ", " Buy ", & quot; Thinking ", " family ", " rest ", " health ", " Office ", " Bank & quot ;, " Store " Set the property favourite for the main categories.
Projects. Define the projects you work. Not mixed with the categories of projects and tasks. Remember that a project is what you can do. A project has deadlines, and their aim is something quite unique. It is convenient to divide projects into meaningful groups. Set the property favourite for the main projects.
Calendar. Use the calendar to define periods of time that are most suitable for planning your time. For example: Today, tomorrow current week, month, year, 1 Quarter of 2007, 2 Quarter of 2007 The favorite feature of the main periods.
The favorite property makes the item to be shown in the drop-down menu on the filter bar.
How it works.
The key areas in Leader task - Navigator, filters and Taskbar. The task " (displayed as a calendar here) shows only the tasks that the filter criteria. D.h. if you " project? YZ " in the filter, all tasks associated with XYZ project will be displayed. You can filter tasks of projects, contacts, category, date. It can create multiple filter parameters at a time, but it can no, that is not filtering (all tasks in the Task Leader database is shown in this case). For your convenience, you can create a series of filtering parameters as ready-made filters. You can filter such a favorite and so that the fast menu.
Quick favorite filter selection menu.
When a filter tasks with the necessary parameters are displayed. For example, if the " mine for today " filter your tasks for the current day are displayed. The " site operations in November " filter will show tasks associated with the site " " project for " November ". The filter " monitoring tasks delegated " shows all the tasks relating to other people (contacts) delegated tasks. Leader filter in their task actually use much easier. They can immediately get answers to the following questions: " What is the most important thing at the moment? ", " Where am I supposed tomorrow? ", " What has been done since in the 15-21? YZ project ", " What are the most urgent tasks? "
tasks can be displayed both in the calendar grid (fir. 1) and in the task tree (Fig. 2).
Filtering work in the same way for both the calendar and the task tree. In various situations, it may be convenient to both groups of tasks in the calendar (visually, in the period) and in the task tree (you can see the order and how tasks are divided into smaller).
Adding tasks.
Adding tasks to be in a way that is so easily and quickly to tasks as possible. You can get it quickly because hotkeys and minimize manual input. If a task whose parameters are automatically - project, contact, date, category. These data are copied from the filter. D.h. if " " XYZ project is selected, together with the " " urgently and find a new job, we& 39;ll " " XYZ project and it is urgent. Another important point: This task will also be available if only " Project XYZ " or " urgently " is selected. How does tasks. You can always open Leader task with the Ctrl + Alt + A key combination no matter what application you work at this moment. For example: You are tying text in the editor and suddenly remember an important thing that should be added at once. What you should do: Press Ctrl + Alt + A press paste, enter the text of the task, press the Enter key press Ctrl + Alt + A again and that& 39;s all, the task has been added. And note that everything is being done without the mouse. Another way of using the mouse: the right mouse button on the Task Leader icon and select the necessary filters and click on Insert and do what you have in the first case.
Task priority.
Priority allows you to the importance of each Each priority task and may have its own representation.
Priorities form a strict order, the order in which each priority is higher or lower than the other. Each user can have its own set of priorities, and how the order they appear. The classic standard sentence reads:
High (red letters) Regular (block letters) Low (gray letters)
Summary.
Time Management Task arranged in Leader is a little different than, for example, in Outlook. Therefore, if such use old organizers start it, they have a lot of how-to questions. In order to master the new methodology of the Task Leader, you should at least read these instructions. It is much easier for users who have never used software for organizing their activities before.
After you understand the philosophy of the Leader task, it becomes very easy and pleasant to work - a lot of feedback from users shows it.
Along with the basics Leader task has different properties as well: storing information (text, images, files), placement of bookmarks, memories task of storing passwords A modern man needs an intelligent tool for time management. This tool is not burden, but help and save the person at the time and effort. Leader task is precisely this kind of tool. Try it and see for yourself!
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About The author: Ivan Abramovsky is co-founder of the unattended installation system. The company& 39;s flagship product MultiSet has become a must-have " " software " in homes and offices in more than 60 countries. Unattended installation systems
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