scheduling

Availability

LiquidPlanner’s scheduling engine uses three factors to calculate start and finish dates: 1. Remaining effort on tasks 2. Priority order of tasks 3. Availability of task owners Availability is the allotted number of hours each day that a workspace member is able to do project work. As tasks are estimated and prioritized, the expected start and finish dates are updated automatically based on each member's availability to complete their...

Multi-tasking is Killing Your Business

Some degree of multi-tasking is unavoidable (like taking a call from your spouse while writing that briefing for your boss).  But when examined closely, it becomes clear that multi-tasking in general is certainly a very bad thing. It is a well known fact that there is thrash when switching between tasks.  Some of this comes from having to put what you were doing on hold and picking up a new frame of reference.  Some of it comes from pure conf...