Remote work tip: Project Management

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to improve their climate literacy so as to understand the projected impacts from the expanding climate crisis and how to adapt their workplaces in the face of these impacts.

Being able to keep track of projects that are being worked on by a team that is working remotely can be a real challenge.

At the moment many first-time remote work managers are trying to keep track by relying on constant video checkins and status updates – which can be very distracting and time consuming!

In our workplace we manage this complexity by making project progress visible to everyone in a single dashboard. For this we use Trello and it’s been a game changer for us. (There are obviously other similar solutions and I would recommend a choice being made based on what your workflows look like and what would be a good fit for your team)

With Trello we all know at a glance where we are at and what needs to happen next to move a project forward. Most importantly this all happens asynchronously.

Here is a quick Trello overview to give you an idea of its capability.