White board project management
Are you a visual person? Do you like to see your next steps mapped out? Consider a white board to help you manage your projects. You can use it in a variety of ways.
You can list “hot” items that need your immediate attention. There’s something about a white board that draws attention to itself. And you can use that to keep your important tasks in front of you.
You can also write a list of projects that you’re working on. If you have multiple projects, you can keep a running list of them and when they are due.
Or, try listing the next steps in your projects and their due dates. Maybe write down your daily to-do list. Put a nice, big check next to the items that are done, or cross them off.
What else can you use a whiteboard for? Brainstorming ideas. A list of clients you need to contact. Vendor information for a current project. Design notes. Story ideas. Calendar reminders. Anything that you want to keep in front of you for a period of time.
Do you have a whiteboard? How do you use it?
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I use a portion of white board (one each project) like Issue Board. All team members “see” issues, owners and dates. It’s a good way for accountability of the issue.
And a good reminder of dates, too. I like the visibility aspect of it (most of the time).
Based on personal experience, a white board is only good for brainstorming (we’re not using a white board anymore), even then, it gets pretty messy pretty fast.
It definitely can. But sometimes the visual is just what people need. I’ve seen it used a lot in meetings where we’re mapping out business processes for software development.
For PMHut:
may be true wat you wrote.
I use the method “Visible Planning”, derived from Lean Thiking of Toyota for brainstorming, risk analysis, issues review for big projects.
If You organize a “project corner” with white boards, you and your team can get a good job.
p.s: sorry for my english
Yes, sometimes you need multiple whiteboards. One of our old meeting rooms had two walls full of boards. That helped even when it got a little messy.
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