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+slug: 2021-guide-to-project-management-methodology
+title: The 2021 Guide to Project Management Methodology
+authors: sana
+tags: [Business]
+---
+
+With so many exclusive project management methodologies and approaches available, choosing the right one for the business is challenging for many organizations.
+Though project managers complete project management certifications yet only a few learn the real techniques and tools to lead the project till it reaches the finish line.
+This article reveals the most widely used project management methodologies, project management tools, a method for remote project handling, and more. Also, learn about how to choose the best one for your future projects.
+
+## About the Project Management Methodology
+
+The project management methodology is the set of practices that let you manage and deliver the project successfully. It defines how to lead and execute the project with step-by-step instructions for finishing it. It turns the project life cycle into rightly structured steps.
+
+## What Does a Project Manager Do?
+
+Project managers are responsible for planning, pitching, managing, leading, and monitoring a project’s life cycle and its outcomes’ quality.
+A project manager’s responsibilities include:
+
+## Phase 1: Initiation
+
+- Know the stakeholders related to the project (like clients, the team involved in the execution of the project, the management, etc.).
+- Make a project charter defining objectives, the methodology, etc.
+
+## Phase 2: Planning
+
+- Make a project management plan
+- Establish the scope of the project, know the project requirements from the clients, and make a work breakdown structure (WBS).
+- Schedule every project activity.
+- Deciding the budget and project an estimated project cost
+- Know the quality requirements
+- Mae the best team for the project.
+- Select the mode of communication and hierarchy for the project team.
+- Conduct a risk analysis and keep the clients and team informed of the same
+- Advice for the procurement matters of the project.
+- Do an orientation session with project stakeholders and the team.
+
+## Phase 3: Project Execution
+
+- Convey the changes taken from the clients to the team.
+- Help the team to communicate the technical problems with the management.
+- Evaluate the team performance
+- Manage the stakeholders’ expectations.
+
+## Phase 4: Monitoring the project functions
+
+- Direct the team to make changes if required.
+- Communicating the project status to the clients.
+- Monitoring if the steps of the project are going ahead chronologically and correctly.
+- Control the costs and budget of every project activity
+
+## Phase 5: Closing the project
+
+- Take last-minute updates and get the clients’ approval for the same
+- Hand over the project to the clients.
+- Talk to the team about the project’s success.
+
+## Factors to Think About While Choosing the Project Management Methodology
+
+- **Project timeline** – The project submission time cited by the team must be in line with the client’s timeline. If not, it should be conveyed and sorted out in the primary phases.
+
+- **Industry-based** – It is vital to accept the project that is within your business and industry’s scope. This is required as the expertise of the business taking over the project is crucial for the client’s business.
+
+- **Project budget** – You should meet the client’s budget. If not, discuss with the managing director of the business taking over the project.
+
+- **The project complexity**– Accept the projects only if your team can handle them. If not, pass it.
+
+- **Resources Availability**– You must have the tools and resources to manage the project. If not, politely drop the offer.
+
+- **Communication** – If the client doesn’t share the details of the project vividly, try to extract every detail yourself as much as possible and record it for your future reference during the project.
+
+**Widely Used Project Management Methodologies Adopted by Businesses**
+
+## 1. Waterfall
+
+It is also called Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) method for convenience. The construction of the waterfall is minimal but effective.
+It consists of meticulous planning and implementation – step-by-step. The project manager leading the project must strictly monitor the money allocated, the time, the value of the task, and carry it forward to the next task.
+
+**Advantages:**
+Highly estimable budget, timeline, and other factors involved in the project
+Use a visual chart for the steps and moving from one department to another.
+
+**Disadvantages:**
+Less scope for the project manager to fix the plan and rectify the errors.
+It is problematic for the testers to go back and catch the apt place to modify things to make it up and running effortlessly.
+
+## 2. Agile
+
+It is primarily not a methodology but a collection of principles used to develop software.
+There are 4 important values for the agile methodology.
+
+- Individuals and interactions over tools and processes.
+- Working software over inclusive documentation.
+- Customer partnership over contract negotiation.
+- Responding to all changes over following a rigid plan.
+
+**Advantages:**
+
+It is ideal to monitor the project's vision statement, progress, roadmaps, backlogs, etc.
+Adapting it requires intense collaboration, flexibility, and open communication which brings high-quality outcomes.
+
+**Disadvantages:**
+
+Less communication may lead to serious chaos in the project.
+The absence of a systematic plan makes it hard for the team to cope with the challenging tasks.
+
+## 3. Scrum
+
+This method is specifically used for accurate delivery purposes. The scrum-based project team possesses 5 core values:
+
+- Commitment.
+- Courage.
+- Focus.
+- Openness.
+- Respect.
+
+The team must be collaborative and accountable for their ups and downs. Following scrum events should be considered while opting for this methodology:
+
+- Sprint: The journey planned must be as per the timeline and must attain the goals discussed in the development process.
+- Sprint planning: The scrum team discusses every sprint from the start to as per the timeline.
+- Daily Scrum: Adequate time is taken to talk about the whereabouts, challenges, and other problems while facing the task.
+- Sprint review: The stakeholders must be informed about the ups and downs of the project. An informal meeting is conducted by the scrum team at the end of every sprint to show their feedback.
+- Sprint retrospective: This meeting is led to establishing the developments to be done after the sprint review involving the stakeholders.
+
+## 4. Lean
+
+The lean method focuses on customer satisfaction and preventing wastage.
+This method determines three kinds of waste (time, money, and resources).
+
+**Muda**
+
+Get rid of the waste immediately – the intangible wastes include time and the tangible wastes include resources. Following original wastes should be avoided:
+
+- Overproduction.
+- Transportation.
+- Over-processing.
+- Transfer of people and machinery from one place to another.
+- Waiting for the process.
+- No appropriate inventory management.
+- Faulty goods and services.
+
+## Mura:
+
+The workflow process should be scheduled as per the decided schedule. The operational process must be even and smooth while moving from one department to another.
+
+## Muri:
+
+Avoid giving much stress to the employees. The value stream mapping must be up and active.
+
+## 5. Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
+
+The CCPM is the latest version of project methodologies adopted by the organizations. In this method, the team works backward towards the goal. It is typically used in small-scale or mid-scale projects to boost the success percentage.
+
+## Advantages:
+
+It lets the project team staying more focused towards the project end
+To avoid resources being wasted or over/underutilized.
+
+## Disadvantages:
+
+Losing the track of time
+Not suitable for big and multinational projects
+
+## 6. Critical Path Method (CPM)
+
+It is one of the most reliable methods for project management, where the project tasks can be rearranged based on these four methods:
+
+- Finish to Start (FS)
+- Finish to Finish (FF)
+- Start to Start (SS)
+- Start to Finish (SF)
+
+Why are these methods used separately?
+To decrease the interdependency between the team members and project tasks. Each task is taken as an individual project and eventually brought together to determine the output.
+
+## 7. Prince2
+
+The Prince2 is prescribed by the UK government. Following basic principles to follow while choosing Prince2.
+
+- Steady business justification.
+- Experience-based learning.
+- Roles and tasks are well defined.
+- Stages management.
+- Exception cases-based administration.
+- Focus on the products.
+- Fit the process as per project environment.
+
+Advantages:
+
+- Historical data gives a clear picture for future projections
+- The heavy documentation guides are available
+
+Disadvantages:
+
+- Not suitable for the extensive documentation.
+- Resource reorganization and surpassing the timeline are very common.
+
+## Choosing an Ideal Project Management Methodology for Your Team
+
+**1. Timespan**
+
+It is vital to look at the timeline appropriate for the particular project.
+
+**2. Flexibility**
+
+The project management method should have room for changes across all stages.
+
+**3. Team Size**
+
+The size of the team must be as per the specifications in the method to execute the project without any risks.
+
+**4. Risk-taking Capacity**
+
+The methodology must also have space for the teams to take a risk in executing new and ground-breaking ideas within the project.
+
+**5. Budget and Cost**
+
+The chosen project method should be able to help you spend the cost planned for the project.
+
+## Remote Project Management
+
+To maximize your team’s productivity and speed up the project turnaround time, choose the project management method ideal for remote work.
+
+- **_Kanban Method_**
+
+If your team is already using the agile methodology – it’s going to be very simple.  
+The Kanban method is based on dividing the tasks into smaller sub-tasks and planning out the stages (till the final stage).
+Tools for Kanban
+
+1. Project Management Tools like Trello and Asana, Favro, Basecamp.
+2. Communication Tools like Slack, Skype, Zoom, Google Meet.
+3. Time Management Tools like Clockbook, TickTick, focus booster.
+4. Documentation Tools like Google Drive, Notion.
+
+## Managing a Productive Remote Project Team – Some Tips
+
+- Make a personal checklist to ensure each day is well planned.
+- Use communication portal effectively
+- Give a correct update to each other
+- Hold an internal team meeting before any stakeholder meetings.
+- Help the team in crisis to ensure they are on the work schedule.
+- Be clear about the feedback
+- Be clear about the expectations of the project.
+- The goals of the project team must be as per the client's expectations.
+- Use remote project management tools
+- Develop a mutual trust environment for the delegation of work.
+
+## Final Thoughts
+
+Businesses must discover and use the new project management methodologies as these help them to control quality standards, cost, and bring many other benefits. Your project team should learn the latest methodologies to help you gain a leading edge in the industry.

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+slug: 8-hour-workday-schedule
+title: Making an 8-Hour Workday Schedule Work Easier
+authors: sana
+tags: [Business]
+---
+
+For a decade we have been encountering experts and researchers discussing freelance work schedules as a future trend. The mode of work is changing and most of the knowledge workers don't consider an 8-hour workday beneficial. However, many workers still can't stick to 3 or 5-hour workdays. The 9-to-5 work structure seems to work for most people.
+
+The article discusses the pros of the 9-to-5 workday and how users can make their 8-hour workday schedule that ensures freedom and flexibility at the same time.
+
+## The Popularity of Flexible Work Hours
+
+Though there are many fans both to 9-to-5 and flexible hours, the flexible hours usually taken as more attractive due to these reasons:
+
+- You can make your workday schedule
+- There is no productivity rush for 8-hours straight
+- Workday appears shorter
+- You enjoy full control over your time
+
+Despite these benefits, we cannot deny the importance of traditional work hours. Flexible work is more suitable for people who master the art of time management. The 9-to-5 workday accommodates those needing to balance their life and work and cannot be relied solely on self-motivation.
+
+## In Support of the “9-to-5”
+
+Here we talk about the case for those finding a 9-to-5 workday is better than a flexible workday. The traditional 8-hours work schedule provides the following benefits:
+
+## 1. Consistent Focus
+
+Usually, people find it hard to work 4 hours straight, then take a break for an hour, do other tasks, and get back to the desk for the rest of the workday. Trying to adopt a flexible schedule being a freelancer reminded me of the time when I was a teacher.
+My day consisted of 5 hours of teaching, breaks when students were busy in other classes, but filled with grading tests, admin work, lesson plan preparation, etc.
+What would typically happen is that I would get just 25% done grading tests when I was required to go into class and shift to the teaching mode. It implied focusing on a quite different type of task and ensuring I didn’t bumble about as I shifted to the zone. And after those teaching sessions, I was back in my lounge with a head buzzing from the students’ questions, textbook examples, and impressions, and trying to focus on the grading papers again. It would badly affect my speed, and I would usually end up taking my work to home.
+
+It means I was changing the contexts upon going to that zone. And with each new task, the focus needs to be regained as these tasks are different. Thus, I preferred taking all my classes one by one, with a lunch break, and then shifting to other work or going home.
+
+## 8-hour workday to help context switching
+
+With this big-time block, you have the time all together to finish your tasks of the day. There is no anticipation of when to stop working, going to the bank, going for grocery or making lunch. Going back to the desk after finishing such errands would cost the time needed for refocusing.
+Note: Switching the work context is the reality and sometimes cannot be avoided; for example, going to the bank during working hours as the bank has the same work timings. Having a flexible schedule, on the other hand, lets you shift to a new task any time of the day. However, shifting to a new task would mean focusing on a new context.
+
+## 2. Clearer Boundaries
+
+Having regular working hours, people tend to feel relaxed and are eager for the time to pass and hit 5 or 6 on the clock. People would know that work time is over and their brain starts moving to the personal life mode.
+A flexible work schedule means you never really get free time as the person would be involved in the tasks for most of the day matching their energy levels. Though it is good for productivity, it makes it hard to balance work and personal life. A person cannot be relaxed fully.
+
+## 3. Fixed Timing to Reach You
+
+Based on your workday schedule, your availability to other people is determined. With a flexible schedule, you can't tell people any fixed time when they should not reach you to ensure uninterrupted work time. You may be free multiple times a week but not at the same time and to inform your friends, family, and clients on such a frequent basis would need more planning and effort.
+An 8-hour workday is free from outside distraction as people know about your availability hours. Just set your status as busy or away, turn off mobile notifications, put signage on the door, etc. until you are done with the work.
+
+## 4. Less overtime
+
+Inflexible work, the context-switching means loss of some time. It typically takes a person almost 20 minutes to go into a zone with a particular task. And the more times they switch, the longer they take to refocus.
+
+This lost time is counted at the end of the day, making a person potentially fall behind with schedule. Or, a lax schedule where overtime seems less taxing.
+
+## 5. Better work-life balance
+
+The global work-life balance consists of many different factors; especially the work-cutoff time. Naturally, in the presence of less overtime and clearer boundaries, it is easier to maintain a balance between work and life.
+
+- An 8-hour workday means a clear cut-off time
+- No alert throughout the day, waiting for the next block of work time;
+- Fewer chances of other tasks interrupting your work time
+  With work hours marked throughout the day, you don’t have real boundaries. You can finish your tasks after dinner or after the gym. Activities typically reserved for relaxation time. By dividing the work time, you also divide your rest time, and the two become knotted, no matter how much you try to balance them.
+  I prefer starting my work within 15 minutes once I get up (as I work remotely), so I can complete everything by 3 PM. The feeling when seeing the time as 3:01, and knowing the workday is over, is something the most refreshing thing.
+  Let’s discover how to make an 8-hour workday full of productivity, and not a hike to go through.
+
+## Making a Functional 8-Hour Schedule
+
+Find optimal work hours
+If you can, select the time for your 8-hour work time– whether in the morning or the afternoon.
+Identify your distractions and address them
+Handling the distractions that come your way will be easier knowing exactly what is bothering you the most.
+
+The way to address interruption is based:
+
+- Its type either personal or professional
+- Duration of its distraction
+- Time to regain focus
+- If you can handle it with an app (like a Phone-locking app for focus).
+
+## 3. Maintain a time card or a timesheet
+
+Maintaining a healthy 9-to-5 is accountable to yourself.
+To gain all the pros of an 8-hour workday, know when your day begins and when ends. This can be done in the following two ways:
+
+- **Maintaining a timecard**
+
+Timecards are a mode for tracking time. You just log the time when the work hours start and log again once you end.
+Handle the rest of the schedule through a calendar app, a to-do list, a project management platform, etc.
+Timecard notes the start and end of the 8-hour workday, as well as overtime if any, you have. It helps to calculate how much you earn per week. Clockbook has an embedded calculator in its browser version that further eases this calculation with no need to download separate software for earning calculation.
+
+- **Maintaining a timesheet**
+
+If you want to have more control over your schedule, use a detailed timesheet. The handiest tool is a digital timesheet, as it is easy to use, gives the way to autofill, creates templates, and usually saves time.
+For example, Clockbook lets you create your 8-hour work schedule in many ways:
+If doing it directly from the app itself, make a timesheet based on how much time you spend on each project every day. This is ideal for projects spanning across more than a week or so, and you do not need a strict hourly schedule.
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-14/image1.png)
+
+- For a more detailed framework, go for Clockbook’s Google Calendar integration as noting your schedule here make the schedule precise, and the colorful blocks clearly show how your day flows – which tasks persist, or when you take the breaks, for
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-14/image2.png)
+example.
+
+The above image shows an 8-hour schedule, even when the tasks are different enough to warrant a productive day, with sensible context switching.
+Additionally, with the Clockbook timer in the calendar, it is easy to accurately fix each task on the calendar.
+Time cards and timesheets are great for self-accountability and ensuring being productive. It also makes future scheduling decisions easier.
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-14/image3.png)
+
+This Clockbook integration for Google Calendar is great for those using Google app suites. It uses Zapier and is compatible with a mobile device, desktop, or browser.
+Lastly, many people like to use the “old ways” of pen and paper. You can thus simply fill in a physical calendar while being at your desk, or create a journal calendar yourself.
+The easiest way to track time with a physical schedule is using pre-made templates. There are many sources to choose from based on the type of schedule you want:
+
+- Monthly
+- Biweekly
+- Weekly
+- Daily
+- Hourly
+  Download and print these in Word, Excel, Google Docs, Sheets, and .pdf format.
+
+## Tracking your time should be your habit
+
+By noting when and how you get distracted, what are your peak hours, and when you use the breaks, you gather data essential for optimizing your 8-hours workflow.
+
+## Take breaks unapologetically
+
+If you are having an 8-hour workday, it’s suggested to take a 5-minute break after every 25 minutes of work, or a 10-minute one after every 50 minutes (we call it a Pomodoro method).
+Try on different work/break methods, and decide which one works best for you.
+
+**Don’t squeeze yourself for each minute of those 8 hours**
+It’s important to know when to stop working, and the 8-hour work schedule is a great place to practice that.
+To optimize your productivity during this framework, embrace the structure and enjoy the time off also when you finish early.
+
+## Final Thoughts
+
+A 9-to-5 gives a structure, reliability, discipline, and expectancy to your work schedule. Here we tend to normalize the option of having an 8-hour workday since it has certain benefits. Just like many other factors about work productivity, this choice is also based on one’s personal preference.

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+slug: filling-work-time-reports-made-easy
+title: Filling the Work Time Reports Made Easy
+authors: sana
+tags: [Business]
+---
+
+Time reports bear significant importance in being a useful time tracking resource. Though most people don't like filling as it is a tedious and mundane process, know that a proper timesheet filling can save time and make you productive. This article explains how to fill time reports easily and swiftly by using a digital time tracker called Clockbook.
+
+## Determine the Kind of Timesheet Required
+
+You should first know the best-suited timesheet for you based on your daily tasks and the way you organize those. Some of the most common types are:
+Daily – It is mostly used by freelancers and employees working on an hourly basis, to track billing hours and productivity.
+Weekly – It is used to keep an eye on weekly work progress and to make weekly payments.
+Bi-weekly – It is used by businesses and employees paying and working respectively, on a bi-weekly basis.
+Monthly – It is used for monthly paid employees.
+
+All these mentioned timesheets are available in template forms for those not adopting digital means. Make a printout and start taking work time.
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-13/image1.png)
+Weekly timesheet in Clockbook
+
+## Make Tags and Categories
+
+Tags and categories make time tracking easier. Once putting them in place is done, you can fill in employees’ time entries with a click. Get rid of manual data entry and remembering details.
+The tags are based on your work, and include:
+
+- Project-related tags
+- General tags;
+- Client-related tags
+
+Tags and categories are ideal at the time of making end-of-project and client reports. Using tags, you can filter desired data to make more customized reports.
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-13/image3.png)
+A Sample Report in Clockbook
+
+## Fix Hourly Rates for Billable Hours Tracking
+
+Naturally, when you’re paid by the hour and you want to have a clean, presentable report for your clients, you’ll set a specific rate.
+People working and paid on an hourly basis need comprehensive and swift reports to be shared with clients. These reports need a specific rate to enter as an hourly rate.
+By setting a currency and default rate, you can fill your time entries and generate reports instantly.
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-13/image7.png)
+Setting Rate in Clockbook
+
+## Is it important to track non-billable hours?
+
+The non-billable hours usually include marketing, invoicing, preparing meetings, and making reports.
+Though billable hours should be more than non-billable hours, tracking these hours brings you the following benefits:
+
+- You get to know how much non-billable take, and the ways to improve those.
+- You can compare clients or projects based on the number of non-billable hours
+- You can make your workflow and project management better
+
+## Track time
+
+There are two ways to track time:
+
+- manually inputting the hours
+- Tracking automatically
+
+## Tracking the time manually
+
+This is used by those who add time after the day as they have only a limited number of tasks taking most of the time. They have a more specified timetable with their time-boxes accurately planned. Hence, they can easily fill their time reports at the end of the day as they keep sticking to their plan.
+Additionally, they can edit time entries in case of over-or underestimation of work times.
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-13/image2.png)
+
+This is how Clockbook lets you enter the time you would be spending (or have spent) working, and filing it to the time report with just a click.
+
+## Tracking the time automatically
+
+If you don’t set your time boxes or to-do lists, go for automatic time tracking. It is useful for those having many tasks aligned a day,
+Trackers like Clockbook will keep tracking your time no matter how many times you switch the app. At the end of the day, just spend 15 minutes reviewing the time entries and sort, tag, or review them in the timesheet.
+
+## Tracking and Additional Pay
+
+Additional pay is applicable in cases such as overtime, holiday rates, compensatory time, and on-call/emergency events.
+
+Tracking overtime
+Overtime is the extra hours spent at work, because of several reasons, from strict deadlines to personal productivity problems.
+Legally, working more than a usual 40-hour workweek is considered overtime. And based on the day of the week and hours spent, an employer (or client) pays different rates.
+Usually, overtime rates are based on the country you are working in. These labor laws protect both employers and employees.
+Tracking compensatory time
+It is the time off given to employees rather than overtime pay. It is based on factors; whether you’re working in the public or private sector, salaried or hourly paid, and wage.
+
+3. Tracking holiday rates
+   The work hours tracking during holidays is more important since holiday rates can be different from those of regular overtime and are based on the country's labor laws.
+   While tracking these hours, be careful to update the rates for billable hours.
+
+4. Recording for on-call work
+   Being on-call implies being available for work all the time whenever required. Some common examples include IT technicians, nurses, and maintenance.
+
+On-call work may be a regular employment plan, or an occasional thing – for instance, when a business launches its new software on a Saturday and needs its developers to be ready on Sunday to address sudden or potential issues.
+
+Tracking on-call hours are based on FLSA regulations. Decide how you will track, bill and report hours worked to keep timesheets accurate and free of misunderstandings.
+
+## Rounding time
+
+Time reports filing often involves the practice of rounding up hours to the closest increments.
+For example, if you arrive at work at 8:45 AM and leave at 4:49 PM. When calculated, that is 8hrs and 4 minutes. The 4 minutes can then be rounded down to 8 hours and 5, 10, or 15 minutes, for easier payroll calculation.
+Following are the most general rounding time rules:
+
+- Rounding time entry to the closest time increment (from 7 hrs 59 mins worked to 8hrs worked)
+- Rounding the clock to favor employee and the clock out to favor the employer (rounding down both time entries)
+- Rounding the clock in and clock out favor of the employee
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-13/image4.png)
+
+Time rounding makes payroll calculation easy and helps employers have an accurate calculation for hours worked, and ensure employees are paid fairly.
+The time tracking software like Clockbook, lets you round-time the entries with a simple on-off switch in the app itself.
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-13/image6.png)
+
+## The Timesheet Reviewing
+
+After filling your time entries, take the time to review them by looking at your day in a timesheet.
+Time trackers let you present your workday via a timesheet and edit any entry made.
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-13/image5.png)
+Timesheet View in Clockbook
+
+There should be an agreement with your employer or client for editing the timesheet itself. As trust is a major factor in positive business relationships, the time entry changes must be justified to avoid conflicts or misunderstandings.
+
+## Tips for Time Tracking
+
+Clockbook, based on the feedback from the users, helps users understand what time tracking challenges they have, and how they can beat those using the Clockbook app.
+Here are some tips that you might be needing.
+
+- List the reasons for time tracking
+- Filling the time reports gives clarity in case of client dispute, or even if you just want to see if you are wasting your time.
+- Stick to those reasons while tracking
+- No need to track absolutely everything like making a coffee or answering a call; activities under 10 minutes.
+
+- Tracking every minor thing would lead to the following:
+    - Hating time tracking
+    - Wasting time on minor details
+    - Frustration from being so time-focused
+    - The focus would suffer.
+    - Log only important data time entries
+
+## Final Thoughts
+
+Though time tracking consists of many elements, you can still do filling easily. Your time tracker like Clockbook can do all the complicated parts and you just have to log the hours. Time tracking is further made easier with tags, categories, descriptions, and templates available for each new project.

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+slug: make-breakdown-of-your-workday
+title: How To Make Breakdown Of Your Workday
+authors: sana
+tags: [Business]
+---
+
+The technique of making a timetable is important to know because it helps you to break down your work into small segments and organize your day so you can achieve your goals by being more focused and concentrated on your work. Here is a guide to break down your daily tasks, obligations, and priorities, and it also highlights how it influences your daily life.
+
+## Decide On Daily Priorities:
+
+Not each assignment is an urgent one. Before the beginning of each day, break down your to-do list and know the most critical ones. These are mostly few so you can easily identify them.
+
+![img](/static/images/blog/blog-12/image1.png)
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+Now, all you need is to break down your work into smaller portions. We’ll take a look at a plan below for a minute to know how you can attempt to memorize your work habits and move forward each day. Here is a thing you should follow to manage your time and organize yourself:
+
+## Need For Priority List:
+
+A priority list would help you find your most important task and to do that effectively and by doing so you will be able to set work according to your wish or workload. Some people like to do complex tasks first while others like to do simple ones first. Now it’s your choice how to prioritize your work.
+
+## Make “Before Work” Segment:
+
+Now, get ready with the things that you should do each day. You can do so by making a to-do list or by deciding your weekly tasks. Then make a list of your work according to your priority of that day or the things you need to do that day. It varies from person to person because everyone has their priorities, and it also varies according to your work manner.
+
+## IMPORTANCE OF THE "BEFORE WORK" SECTION:
+
+It is better to start your day with an easy task as it will make you feel fresh and will also boost your energy level and you will be mentally prepared for the next challenging task.
+
+## Make A “During Work” Section:
+
+Now the next and most important task is to break your most challenging tasks into small segments. This will make the work easier and convenient for you and by doing this, a hard task would feel like nothing and would be completed within your decided time frame.
+You can easily do this by making an hour-to-hour work breakdown and also sorting your priorities. This way, you will not feel exhausted or overpowered.
+It is better to break down your segment into two sub-segments—one that is before the meal and the other one after the meal. It’s critical to recognize how energetic you are after you’ve had a great lunch at work.
+Food plays a very crucial role in our daily life but most people neglect it. However, it is one of the most important things to take care of. If we don’t do so, we would not be able to work properly or efficiently.
+
+## Why Are ‘before And After Meal Segments” Essential?
+
+Breakdown of work schedule into before and after meal segment could help in many ways such as:
+First, food affects your focus and concentration; for example, heavy food would make you sleepy and idle while lighter food would not; instead, it would help you improve your concentration and feel light and active and would also motivate you to work more.
+Let’s say, if someone has an important task to be done, and he or she takes a heavy meal at lunch, this will make him or her sleepy.
+Secondly, it will help you make a better schedule of work according to your energy level. Moving assignments around your energy levels is a good practice because it saves you from fatigue and tiredness. It may seem difficult to start, but once you do, it will have a great impact on your work.
+Third, it motivates you not to neglect food as an imperative portion of your day. We, as a rule, get so overwhelmed with work. Either we move our dinner times until late, or we exclude them from our schedule. This runs the risk of you getting hungry and picking a fast snack.
+
+## How To Maintain Your Energy Levels:
+
+Due to heavy stress or pressure of work, if you feel any change in your energy level, you must take some rest and start your work again after some time because continuous work with a tired body and mind would adversely affect your work quality. It is also essential to have some coffee or snack to divert your mind, or you can also do some other light activity to freshen your mind.
+
+## Know Your Distractions:
+
+It is also important for you to know most of the distractions as these may have a big impact on your work. Distractions waste your time and, most importantly, lower your energy level! To overcome this problem, you can take care of it while making your work break down. For example, you use social media for a long time and waste your time. By doing this, you will not only waste your time but also miss important tasks.
+By avoiding your distractions, you can save time as well as energy. By putting all of your distractions on the table, you would be able to find their solution. This will help you improve your work and achieve success in a limited time.
+
+## Incorporate A Workday Cooldown:
+
+A workday cools down is the period between work and free time. It includes those tasks that mean to be done at the "end of the day" just like your morning habits help you to boost your energy and make you active, so there must be some time to ease yourself from the smaller task to end your day well.
+After completing our work, we usually start pondering over what to do next and start to make a next day work plan. This transition is as sudden as it takes our brain to shut-off work mode.
+
+## The Need For Workday Cooldown:
+
+After a hectic workday, a cooldown is imperative because it will give you a sense of relief and pleasure. It'll assist you to walk away from the frustration of all your day. In making a cooldown yourself, you would like to do minor things; for example, making a to-do list for tomorrow and planning your following day’s assignment. This will give you a sense of achievement and energize you for another day's work. By utilizing this procedure, you'll discover yourself prepared for the following day's assignment with more energy.
+
+## Clockbook Workday Breakdown:
+
+Clockbook monitors web and app usage when working. If it identifies abundance time on YouTube, Facebook, or personal/non-work-related sites, it alarms the client with a popup. It, too, sends a reminder when the computer sits idle for as long as working hours.
+Distraction alerts remind you and your group to remain focused on important tasks during working hours.
+Clockbook helps you and your group focus on urgent things. By analyzing project reports, you'll effectively see what takes up the most time and makes changes in your effectiveness at each level.